cmpxchg_release is lighter, we can gain a better performace then.
Suggested-by: Boqun Feng <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Pan Xinhui <[email protected]>
---
kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
b/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
index a5b1248..2bbffe4 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ __visible void __pv_queued_spin_unlock(struct qspinlock
*lock)
* unhash. Otherwise it would be possible to have multiple @lock
* entries, which would be BAD.
*/
- locked = cmpxchg(&l->locked, _Q_LOCKED_VAL, 0);
+ locked = cmpxchg_release(&l->locked, _Q_LOCKED_VAL, 0);
if (likely(locked == _Q_LOCKED_VAL))
return;
--
1.9.1
_______________________________________________
Virtualization mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization
