Date:   Tue, 28 Feb 2023 14:35:47 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To:     Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>
Cc:     linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Improve trace/ring_buffer.c
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On Tue, 28 Feb 2023 18:59:26 +0100
Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com> wrote:

> This series improves ring_buffer.c by changing the type of some
> static functions to void or bool and

Well, it's not really an improvement unless it has a functional change. But
I'm OK with taking these.

> uses try_cmpxchg instead of
> cmpxchg (*ptr, old, new) == old where appropriate.

Now, the try_cmpxchg() could be an improvement on x86.

-- Steve

> 
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
> 
> Uros Bizjak (3):
>   ring_buffer: Change some static functions to void
>   ring_buffer: Change some static functions to bool
>   ring_buffer: Use try_cmpxchg instead of cmpxchg
> 
>  kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 89 ++++++++++++++++----------------------
>  1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)
>