buffer: use try_cmpxchg in discard_buffer
Use try_cmpxchg instead of cmpxchg (*ptr, old, new) == old in discard_buffer. x86 CMPXCHG instruction returns success in ZF flag, so this change saves a compare after cmpxchg (and related move instruction in front of cmpxchg). Also, try_cmpxchg implicitly assigns old *ptr value to "old" when cmpxchg fails, enabling further code simplifications. Note that the value from *ptr should be read using READ_ONCE to prevent the compiler from merging, refetching or reordering the read. No functional change intended. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220714171653.12128-1-ubizjak@gmail.comSigned-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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