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SubjectRe: [PATCH v8 3/6] MCS Lock: optimizations and extra comments
On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 05:24:28PM -0800, Tim Chen wrote:
> @@ -41,8 +47,11 @@ void mcs_spin_lock(struct mcs_spinlock **lock, struct mcs_spinlock *node)
>
> prev = xchg(lock, node);
> if (likely(prev == NULL)) {
> - /* Lock acquired */
> - node->locked = 1;
> + /* Lock acquired, don't need to set node->locked to 1
> + * as lock owner and other contenders won't check this value.
> + * If a debug mode is needed to audit lock status, then
> + * set node->locked value here.
> + */

Fail in comment style.

> return;
> }
> ACCESS_ONCE(prev->next) = node;


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