Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH v5 2/7] linux/include: add non-atomic version of xchg

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Hi Andrzej,

On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 04:44:45PM +0100, Andrzej Hajda wrote:
The pattern of setting variable with new value and returning old
one is very common in kernel. Usually atomicity of the operation
is not required, so xchg seems to be suboptimal and confusing in
such cases.

Signed-off-by: Andrzej Hajda <andrzej.hajda@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Andi



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