Re: [PATCH v7 5/6] MCS Lock: allow architectures to hook in to contended paths

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On Mon, 2014-01-20 at 14:11 +0000, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 12:19:48PM +0000, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 04:08:31PM -0800, Tim Chen wrote:
> > > +#ifndef arch_mcs_spin_lock_contended
> > > +/*
> > > + * Using smp_load_acquire() provides a memory barrier that ensures
> > > + * subsequent operations happen after the lock is acquired.
> > > + */
> > > +#define arch_mcs_spin_lock_contended(l)					\
> > > +	while (!(smp_load_acquire(l))) {				\
> > > +		arch_mutex_cpu_relax();					\
> > > +	}
> > > +#endif
> > 
> > I think that wants to be:
> > 
> > #define arch_mcs_spin_lock_contended(l)				\
> > do {								\
> > 	while (!smp_load_acquire(l))				\
> > 		arch_mutex_cpu_relax();				\
> > } while (0)
> > 
> > So that we properly eat the ';' in: arch_mcs_spin_lock_contended(l);.
> 
> Yeah, that's better.
> 
> Tim: are you happy making that change please?
> 
> Will

Sure, will do.

Tim

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