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SubjectRe: [PATCH 8/5] llist: Remove cpu_relax() usage in cmpxchg loops
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On Tue, 2011-09-13 at 17:51 +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
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> 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.

Ah, ok. Yes that too ;-)


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