2.6.26-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Jan Beulich commit 7bc069c6bc4ede519a7116be1b9e149a1dbf787a upstream The masked difference is what needs to be compared against 1, rather than the difference of masked values (which can be negative). Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich Acked-by: Nick Piggin Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- include/asm-x86/spinlock.h | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/include/asm-x86/spinlock.h +++ b/include/asm-x86/spinlock.h @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static inline int __raw_spin_is_contende { int tmp = ACCESS_ONCE(lock->slock); - return (((tmp >> 8) & 0xff) - (tmp & 0xff)) > 1; + return (((tmp >> 8) - tmp) & 0xff) > 1; } static __always_inline void __raw_spin_lock(raw_spinlock_t *lock) @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static inline int __raw_spin_is_contende { int tmp = ACCESS_ONCE(lock->slock); - return (((tmp >> 16) & 0xffff) - (tmp & 0xffff)) > 1; + return (((tmp >> 16) - tmp) & 0xffff) > 1; } static __always_inline void __raw_spin_lock(raw_spinlock_t *lock) -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/