linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] psi: stop relying on timer_pending for poll

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Date:   Thu, 1 Jul 2021 10:58:24 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
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        SH Chen <show-hong.chen@...iatek.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] psi: stop relying on timer_pending for poll_work
 rescheduling

On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 01:51:51PM -0700, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:
> +	/* cmpxchg should be called even when !force to set poll_scheduled */
> +	if (atomic_cmpxchg(&group->poll_scheduled, 0, 1) && !force)
>  		return;

Why is that a cmpxchg() ?