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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] Profile likely/unlikely macros
    Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com> wrote:
    >
    > + if (likeliness->type & LIKELY_UNSEEN) {
    > + if (atomic_dec_and_test(&likely_lock)) {
    > + if (likeliness->type & LIKELY_UNSEEN) {
    > + likeliness->type &= (~LIKELY_UNSEEN);
    > + likeliness->next = likeliness_head;
    > + likeliness_head = likeliness;
    > + }
    > + }
    > + atomic_inc(&likely_lock);

    hm, good enough I guess. It does need a comment explaining why we
    don't just do spin_lock().

    It'd be a bit saner to do

    if (!test_and_set_bit(&foo, 0)) {
    ...
    clear_bit(&foo, 0);
    }

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