On Wed, 2014-02-26 at 10:22 +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 11:56:19AM -0800, Jason Low wrote:
> > On Mon, 2014-02-10 at 20:58 +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > > + for (;;) {
> > > + if (prev->next == node &&
> > > + cmpxchg(&prev->next, node, NULL) == node)
> > > + break;
> > > +
> > > + /*
> > > + * We can only fail the cmpxchg() racing against an unlock(),
> > > + * in which case we should observe @node->locked becomming
> > > + * true.
> > > + */
> > > + if (smp_load_acquire(&node->locked))
> > > + return true;
>
> I've stuck on in right about here. So that we don't unduly delay the
> cmpxchg() after the load of prev.
Ok.
Reviewed-by: Jason Low <jason.l...@hp.com>
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