Chris Wedgwood writes:

> +#define rwlock_is_write_locked(x) ((x)->lock == 0)

AFAICS on i386 the lock word, although it goes to 0 when write-locked,
can then go negative temporarily when another cpu tries to get a read
or write lock.  So I think this should be

((signed int)(x)->lock <= 0)

(or the equivalent using atomic_read).

Paul.
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