cmpxchg_release is light-wight than cmpxchg, we can gain a better performace then. On some arch like ppc, barrier impact the performace too much. Suggested-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Pan Xinhui <xinhui.pan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h b/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h index a5b1248..2bbffe4 100644 --- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h +++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h @@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ __visible void __pv_queued_spin_unlock(struct qspinlock *lock) * unhash. Otherwise it would be possible to have multiple @lock * entries, which would be BAD. */ - locked = cmpxchg(&l->locked, _Q_LOCKED_VAL, 0); + locked = cmpxchg_release(&l->locked, _Q_LOCKED_VAL, 0); if (likely(locked == _Q_LOCKED_VAL)) return; -- 1.9.1 _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization