[PATCH] kexec jump: fix compiling warning on xchg(&kexec_lock, 0) in kernel_kexec()
Linus Torvalds
torvalds at linux-foundation.org
Wed Aug 13 12:57:33 EDT 2008
On Wed, 13 Aug 2008, Huang Ying wrote:
>
> - xchg(&kexec_lock, 0);
> + locked = xchg(&kexec_lock, 0);
> + BUG_ON(!locked);
Why do you want to do this at all?
And why do you implement your locks with xchg() in the first place? That's
total and utter crap.
Hint: we have _real_ locking primitives in the kernel.
Linus
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