Re: [PATCH] Fix __wait_on_atomic_t() to call the action func if the counter != 0

[David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>]

Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> wrote:

> > @@ -333,7 +333,8 @@ int __wait_on_atomic_t(wait_queue_head_t *wq, struct wait_bit_queue *q,
> >  		prepare_to_wait(wq, &q->wait, mode);
> >  		val = q->key.flags;
> >  		if (atomic_read(val) == 0)
> > -			ret = (*action)(val);
> > +			break;
> > +		ret = (*action)(val);
> >  	} while (!ret && atomic_read(val) != 0);
> 
> nit: can you now eliminate the check for "val" in the while condition?
> It doesn't look like it harms anything, but eliminating it would
> probably simplify the code slightly...

Its presence means that we don't have to call prepare_to_wait() again if val
became 0.

David