[Xen-devel] [PATCH] i386: simplify pte_read_atomic()

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>]

There's no need for a loop here: if the value to be compared against
and the value to be stored are equal, cmpxchg{,8b} act just like a
load anyway.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>

--- a/xen/include/asm-x86/x86_32/page.h
+++ b/xen/include/asm-x86/x86_32/page.h
@@ -84,11 +84,7 @@ extern unsigned int PAGE_HYPERVISOR_NOCA
 
 #endif
 
-#define pte_read_atomic(ptep) ({                              \
-    intpte_t __pte = *(ptep), __npte;                         \
-    while ( (__npte = cmpxchg(ptep, __pte, __pte)) != __pte ) \
-        __pte = __npte;                                       \
-    __pte; })
+#define pte_read_atomic(ptep) cmpxchg(ptep, 0, 0)
 #define pte_write_atomic(ptep, pte) do {                      \
     intpte_t __pte = *(ptep), __npte;                         \
     while ( (__npte = cmpxchg(ptep, __pte, (pte))) != __pte ) \

i386-pte-read-atomic.patch
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