The patch titled cpu_relax(): use in ACPI lock has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is cpu_relax-use-in-acpi-lock.patch See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: cpu_relax(): use in ACPI lock From: Andreas Mohr <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Use cpu_relax() in __acpi_acquire_global_lock() etc. Signed-off-by: Andreas Mohr <andi@xxxxxxxx> Cc: "Brown, Len" <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- include/asm-i386/acpi.h | 14 ++++++++++---- include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h | 12 +++++++++--- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff -puN include/asm-i386/acpi.h~cpu_relax-use-in-acpi-lock include/asm-i386/acpi.h --- a/include/asm-i386/acpi.h~cpu_relax-use-in-acpi-lock +++ a/include/asm-i386/acpi.h @@ -61,11 +61,14 @@ static inline int __acpi_acquire_global_lock (unsigned int *lock) { unsigned int old, new, val; - do { + while (1) { old = *lock; new = (((old & ~0x3) + 2) + ((old >> 1) & 0x1)); val = cmpxchg(lock, old, new); - } while (unlikely (val != old)); + if (likely(val == old)) + break; + cpu_relax(); + } return (new < 3) ? -1 : 0; } @@ -73,11 +76,14 @@ static inline int __acpi_release_global_lock (unsigned int *lock) { unsigned int old, new, val; - do { + while (1) { old = *lock; new = old & ~0x3; val = cmpxchg(lock, old, new); - } while (unlikely (val != old)); + if (likely(val == old)) + break; + cpu_relax(); + } return old & 0x1; } diff -puN include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h~cpu_relax-use-in-acpi-lock include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h --- a/include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h~cpu_relax-use-in-acpi-lock +++ a/include/asm-x86_64/acpi.h @@ -59,11 +59,14 @@ static inline int __acpi_acquire_global_lock (unsigned int *lock) { unsigned int old, new, val; - do { + while (1) { old = *lock; new = (((old & ~0x3) + 2) + ((old >> 1) & 0x1)); val = cmpxchg(lock, old, new); - } while (unlikely (val != old)); + if (likely(val == old)) + break; + cpu_relax(); + } return (new < 3) ? -1 : 0; } @@ -75,7 +78,10 @@ __acpi_release_global_lock (unsigned int old = *lock; new = old & ~0x3; val = cmpxchg(lock, old, new); - } while (unlikely (val != old)); + if (likely(val == old)) + break; + cpu_relax(); + } return old & 0x1; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are git-acpi.patch git-input.patch ni5010-netcard-cleanup.patch acx1xx-wireless-driver.patch i386-apmc-optimization.patch x86-make-using_apic_timer-__read_mostly.patch x86-cyrix-code-config_pci-fix--add-__initdata.patch x86-constify-some-parts-of-arch-i386-kernel-cpu.patch x86-make-i387-mxcsr_feature_mask-__read_mostly.patch x86-make-acpi-errata-__read_mostly.patch x86-constify-arch-i386-pci-irqc.patch x86-use-proper-defines-for-i8259a-i-o.patch cpu_relax-smpbootc.patch cpu_relax-use-in-acpi-lock.patch cpu_relax-ptracec-coding-style-fix.patch x86-powerpc-make-hardirq_ctx-and-softirq_ctx-__read_mostly.patch make-noirqdebug-irqfixup-__read_mostly-add-unlikely.patch make-debug_mutex_on-__read_mostly.patch constify-parts-of-kernel-power.patch constify-libcrc32c-table.patch make-pmtmr_ioport-__read_mostly.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html