Damn, sorry for noise, forgot to mention...
On 02/12, Raghavendra K T wrote:
>
> +static inline void __ticket_check_and_clear_slowpath(arch_spinlock_t *lock,
> + __ticket_t head)
> +{
> + if (head & TICKET_SLOWPATH_FLAG) {
> + arch_spinlock_t old, new;
> +
> + old.tickets.head = head;
> + new.tickets.head = head & ~TICKET_SLOWPATH_FLAG;
> + old.tickets.tail = new.tickets.head + TICKET_LOCK_INC;
> + new.tickets.tail = old.tickets.tail;
> +
> + /* try to clear slowpath flag when there are no contenders */
> + cmpxchg(&lock->head_tail, old.head_tail, new.head_tail);
> + }
> +}
...
> +clear_slowpath:
> + if (TICKET_SLOWPATH_FLAG)
> + __ticket_check_and_clear_slowpath(lock, inc.head);
I think you can remove this "if (TICKET_SLOWPATH_FLAG)" check. If it is
defined as zero, gcc should optimize out the code under "if (head & 0)".
But this is purely cosmetic and subjective, feel free to ignore.
Oleg.
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