On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 05:24:28PM -0800, Tim Chen wrote: > @@ -41,8 +47,11 @@ void mcs_spin_lock(struct mcs_spinlock **lock, struct mcs_spinlock *node) > > prev = xchg(lock, node); > if (likely(prev == NULL)) { > - /* Lock acquired */ > - node->locked = 1; > + /* Lock acquired, don't need to set node->locked to 1 > + * as lock owner and other contenders won't check this value. > + * If a debug mode is needed to audit lock status, then > + * set node->locked value here. > + */ Fail in comment style. > return; > } > ACCESS_ONCE(prev->next) = node; -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>