x86 CMPXCHG instruction returns success in the ZF flag. Remove
redundant CMP instruction after CMPXCHG that performs the same check.
Also update the function comment to mention the modern version
of the equivalent C code.
Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240412083908.282802-1-ubizjak@gmail.com
*
* void __lockfunc __pv_queued_spin_unlock(struct qspinlock *lock)
* {
- * u8 lockval = cmpxchg(&lock->locked, _Q_LOCKED_VAL, 0);
+ * u8 lockval = _Q_LOCKED_VAL;
*
- * if (likely(lockval == _Q_LOCKED_VAL))
+ * if (try_cmpxchg(&lock->locked, &lockval, 0))
* return;
* pv_queued_spin_unlock_slowpath(lock, lockval);
* }
"mov $0x1,%eax\n\t" \
"xor %edx,%edx\n\t" \
LOCK_PREFIX "cmpxchg %dl,(%rdi)\n\t" \
- "cmp $0x1,%al\n\t" \
"jne .slowpath\n\t" \
"pop %rdx\n\t" \
FRAME_END \