Re: [PATCH 03/11] qspinlock: Add pending bit

On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 05:07:29PM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:

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We are trying to make the fastpath as simple as possible as it may be
inlined. The complexity of the queue spinlock is in the slowpath.

Sure, but then it shouldn't be called slowpath anymore as it is not
slow.

Its common terminology to call the inline part the fast path and the
out-of-line call on failure the slow path.