Re: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH v5 2/7] linux/include: add non-atomic version of xchg
From: Andi Shyti
Date: Mon Feb 27 2023 - 04:54:11 EST
Hi Andrzej,
On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 04:44:45PM +0100, Andrzej Hajda wrote:
> The pattern of setting variable with new value and returning old
> one is very common in kernel. Usually atomicity of the operation
> is not required, so xchg seems to be suboptimal and confusing in
> such cases.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrzej Hajda <andrzej.hajda@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks,
Andi