Since node->locked cannot be set before the assignment to prev->next it is save to clear it in the slow path. Signed-off-by: David Laight <david.laight@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/locking/osq_lock.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/locking/osq_lock.c b/kernel/locking/osq_lock.c index 75a6f6133866..e0bc74d85a76 100644 --- a/kernel/locking/osq_lock.c +++ b/kernel/locking/osq_lock.c @@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ bool osq_lock(struct optimistic_spin_queue *lock) int curr = encode_cpu(smp_processor_id()); int old; - node->locked = 0; node->next = NULL; node->cpu = curr; @@ -111,6 +110,7 @@ bool osq_lock(struct optimistic_spin_queue *lock) if (old == OSQ_UNLOCKED_VAL) return true; + node->locked = 0; prev = decode_cpu(old); node->prev = prev; -- 2.17.1 - Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK Registration No: 1397386 (Wales)