({                                                              \
                typeof(ptr) _ptr = (ptr);                               \
                typeof(mask) _mask = (mask);                            \
-               typeof(*_ptr) _old, _val = *_ptr;                       \
+               typeof(*_ptr) _val = *_ptr;                             \
                                                                        \
-               for (;;) {                                              \
-                       _old = cmpxchg(_ptr, _val, _val | _mask);       \
-                       if (_old == _val)                               \
-                               break;                                  \
-                       _val = _old;                                    \
-               }                                                       \
-       _old;                                                           \
+               do {                                                    \
+               } while (!try_cmpxchg(_ptr, &_val, _val | _mask));      \
+       _val;                                                           \
 })
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_SMP) && defined(TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG)
  * this avoids any races wrt polling state changes and thereby avoids
  * spurious IPIs.
  */
-static bool set_nr_and_not_polling(struct task_struct *p)
+static inline bool set_nr_and_not_polling(struct task_struct *p)
 {
        struct thread_info *ti = task_thread_info(p);
        return !(fetch_or(&ti->flags, _TIF_NEED_RESCHED) & _TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG);
 static bool set_nr_if_polling(struct task_struct *p)
 {
        struct thread_info *ti = task_thread_info(p);
-       typeof(ti->flags) old, val = READ_ONCE(ti->flags);
+       typeof(ti->flags) val = READ_ONCE(ti->flags);
 
        for (;;) {
                if (!(val & _TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG))
                        return false;
                if (val & _TIF_NEED_RESCHED)
                        return true;
-               old = cmpxchg(&ti->flags, val, val | _TIF_NEED_RESCHED);
-               if (old == val)
+               if (try_cmpxchg(&ti->flags, &val, val | _TIF_NEED_RESCHED))
                        break;
-               val = old;
        }
        return true;
 }
 
 #else
-static bool set_nr_and_not_polling(struct task_struct *p)
+static inline bool set_nr_and_not_polling(struct task_struct *p)
 {
        set_tsk_need_resched(p);
        return true;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-static bool set_nr_if_polling(struct task_struct *p)
+static inline bool set_nr_if_polling(struct task_struct *p)
 {
        return false;
 }