linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/7] locking/pvqspinlock: Add pending bit support

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Message-ID: <1438027733.25997.50.camel@stgolabs.net>
Date:	Mon, 27 Jul 2015 13:08:53 -0700
From:	Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
To:	Waiman Long <waiman.long@...com>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Scott J Norton <scott.norton@...com>,
	Douglas Hatch <doug.hatch@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/7] locking/pvqspinlock: Add pending bit support

On Mon, 2015-07-27 at 13:30 -0400, Waiman Long wrote:
> Yes, we could change the loop to that. I was just following the same 
> logic in the native code.

Well since the native code obviously doesn't involve the
threshold/clear_pending, it looks fine to me. Its just the pv version I
think should be updated.

Thanks,
Davidlohr

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