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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/locking/mcs_spinlock.h | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/locking/mcs_spinlock.h b/kernel/locking/mcs_spinlock.h index f046b7ce9dd6..5e10153b4d3c 100644 --- a/kernel/locking/mcs_spinlock.h +++ b/kernel/locking/mcs_spinlock.h @@ -23,13 +23,15 @@ struct mcs_spinlock { #ifndef arch_mcs_spin_lock_contended /* - * Using smp_load_acquire() provides a memory barrier that ensures - * subsequent operations happen after the lock is acquired. + * Using smp_cond_load_acquire() provides the acquire semantics + * required so that subsequent operations happen after the + * lock is acquired. Additionally, some architectures such as + * ARM64 would like to do spin-waiting instead of purely + * spinning, and smp_cond_load_acquire() provides that behavior. */ #define arch_mcs_spin_lock_contended(l) \ do { \ - while (!(smp_load_acquire(l))) \ - cpu_relax(); \ + smp_cond_load_acquire(l, VAL); \ } while (0) #endif |