* to claim the lock is held, since it will be momentarily
* if not already. There's no need to wait for a "valid"
* lock->next_ticket to become available.
+ * Use READ_ONCE() to ensure that calling this in a loop is OK.
*/
- return lock->next_ticket != lock->current_ticket;
+ int curr = READ_ONCE(lock->current_ticket);
+ int next = READ_ONCE(lock->next_ticket);
+
+ return next != curr;
}
void arch_spin_lock(arch_spinlock_t *lock);