rwlock: allow arch to override write_unlock() atomic ... (for consistency with read_unlock()), and default it to xchg(), being generally cheaper than cmpxchg(). Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich --- a/xen/common/spinlock.c +++ b/xen/common/spinlock.c @@ -438,10 +438,14 @@ int _write_trylock(rwlock_t *lock) return 1; } -void _write_unlock(rwlock_t *lock) +#ifndef _raw_write_unlock +# define _raw_write_unlock(l) xchg(&(l)->lock, 0) +#endif + +inline void _write_unlock(rwlock_t *lock) { preempt_enable(); - if ( cmpxchg(&lock->lock, RW_WRITE_FLAG, 0) != RW_WRITE_FLAG ) + if ( _raw_write_unlock(lock) != RW_WRITE_FLAG ) BUG(); }