Re: [PATCH 8/5] llist: Remove cpu_relax() usage in cmpxchg loops
From
Peter Zijlstra <>
Date
Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:53:26 +0200
On Tue, 2011-09-13 at 17:51 +0300, Avi Kivity wrote: > > I hate arguing while agreeing, but the issue isn't that we don't spend a > significant time spinning, but that there is no owner. Should the other > cpu go away, we just pick up a new copy of oldval and complete the > transaction.