Re: [PATCH -mm] tasklet_unlock_wait() cpu_relax()

On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 09:29:20PM +0200, Andreas Mohr wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> use cpu_relax() here, too (instead of barrier()).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Mohr <[email protected]>
> 
> 
> diff -urN linux-2.6.17-rc6-mm2.orig/include/linux/interrupt.h linux-2.6.17-rc6-mm2.my/include/linux/interrupt.h
> --- linux-2.6.17-rc6-mm2.orig/include/linux/interrupt.h	2006-06-13 19:28:16.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6.17-rc6-mm2.my/include/linux/interrupt.h	2006-06-14 20:35:49.000000000 +0200
> @@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
>  
>  static inline void tasklet_unlock_wait(struct tasklet_struct *t)
>  {
> -	while (test_bit(TASKLET_STATE_RUN, &(t)->state)) { barrier(); }
> +	while (test_bit(TASKLET_STATE_RUN, &(t)->state)) { cpu_relax(); }
>  }

While you're at it could you reformat it to proper kernel style, e.g.:

static inline void tasklet_unlock_wait(struct tasklet_struct *t)
{
	while (test_bit(TASKLET_STATE_RUN, &t->state))
		cpu_relax();
}
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