Re: [PATCH 8/5] llist: Remove cpu_relax() usage in cmpxchg loops

[Peter Zijlstra]

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. 

Ah, ok. Yes that too ;-)
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