David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > + for (v = atomic_read(&inode->i_writecount); v >= 0; v = v1) { > > + v1 = atomic_cmpxchg(&inode->i_writecount, v, v + 1); > > + if (likely(v1 == v)) > > + return 0; > > + } > > You don't need to reissue the atomic_read(). atomic_cmpxchg() returns the > current value of the memory location. Just set v to v1 before going round the > loop again. Ah... Never mind - you did that anyway. David -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html