[Intel-gfx] [PATCH v5 2/7] linux/include: add non-atomic version of xchg

Andi Shyti andi.shyti at linux.intel.com
Mon Feb 27 09:53:57 UTC 2023


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 at intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko at linux.intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Andi Shyti <andi.shyti at linux.intel.com>

Thanks,
Andi


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