locking/pvqspinlock: Replace xchg() by the more descriptive set_mb()

The xchg() function was used in pv_wait_node() to set a certain
value and provide a memory barrier which is what the set_mb()
function is for.  This patch replaces the xchg() call by
set_mb().

Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <Waiman.Long@hp.com>
Cc: Douglas Hatch <doug.hatch@hp.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Scott J Norton <scott.norton@hp.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h b/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
index b5758a95a8d365d0e54d1317f39f6e58a84f6b64..27ab96dca68c3e6b07e4605ce77b0831f1bee9cc 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ static void pv_wait_node(struct mcs_spinlock *node)
                 *
                 * Matches the xchg() from pv_kick_node().
                 */
-               (void)xchg(&pn->state, vcpu_halted);
+               set_mb(pn->state, vcpu_halted);
 
                if (!READ_ONCE(node->locked))
                        pv_wait(&pn->state, vcpu_halted);