Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux

Merge upstream tree in order to reinstate crct10dif.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/lib/llist.c b/lib/llist.c
index 4a15115e90f8..4a70d120138c 100644
--- a/lib/llist.c
+++ b/lib/llist.c
@@ -39,18 +39,13 @@
 bool llist_add_batch(struct llist_node *new_first, struct llist_node *new_last,
 		     struct llist_head *head)
 {
-	struct llist_node *entry, *old_entry;
+	struct llist_node *first;
 
-	entry = head->first;
-	for (;;) {
-		old_entry = entry;
-		new_last->next = entry;
-		entry = cmpxchg(&head->first, old_entry, new_first);
-		if (entry == old_entry)
-			break;
-	}
+	do {
+		new_last->next = first = ACCESS_ONCE(head->first);
+	} while (cmpxchg(&head->first, first, new_first) != first);
 
-	return old_entry == NULL;
+	return !first;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(llist_add_batch);