Replace this pattern in active_fence_cb(): cmpxchg(*ptr, old, new) == old ... with the simpler and faster: try_cmpxchg(*ptr, &old, new) The x86 CMPXCHG instruction returns success in the ZF flag, so this change saves a compare after the CMPXCHG. Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin <tursulin@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Airlie <airlied@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Simona Vetter <simona@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c index 5ec293011d99..35319228bc51 100644 --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_active.c @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ active_fence_cb(struct dma_fence *fence, struct dma_fence_cb *cb) struct i915_active_fence *active = container_of(cb, typeof(*active), cb); - return cmpxchg(__active_fence_slot(active), fence, NULL) == fence; + return try_cmpxchg(__active_fence_slot(active), &fence, NULL); } static void -- 2.46.2