[PATCH 0/2] ipc/sem.c: sem_lock fixes

[Manfred Spraul]

Hi Andrew, Hi Peter, Hi Davidlohr,

New idea for ipc/sem:
The ACQUIRE from spin_lock() will continue to apply only for the load,
not for the store.

Thus: If we don't want to add arch dependencies into ipc/sem, the only
safe option is to use spin_lock()/spin_unlock() instead of spin_unlock_wait().

Or we must stay with the current code, which is a ~9% regression.

Thus:
- Patch 1 replaces spin_unlock_wait() with spin_lock()/spin_unlock() and
  removes all memory barriers that are then unnecessary.

- Patch 2 adds the hysteresis code.

What do you think?

The patches passed stress-testing.

Andrew: Could you add it into mmots? Perhaps aiming for 4.10.

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        Manfred