On 02/12, Raghavendra K T wrote: > > @@ -772,7 +773,8 @@ __visible void kvm_lock_spinning(struct arch_spinlock *lock, __ticket_t want) > * check again make sure it didn't become free while > * we weren't looking. > */ > - if (ACCESS_ONCE(lock->tickets.head) == want) { > + head = ACCESS_ONCE(lock->tickets.head); > + if (__tickets_equal(head, want)) { > add_stats(TAKEN_SLOW_PICKUP, 1); While at it, perhaps it makes sense to s/ACCESS_ONCE/READ_ONCE/ but this is cosmetic. We also need to change another user of enter_slow_path, xen_lock_spinning() in arch/x86/xen/spinlock.c. Other than that looks correct at first glance... but this is up to maintainers. Oleg. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html