On Tue, 28 Feb 2023 18:59:26 +0100
Uros Bizjak [off-list ref] 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(-)