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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_counter.h b/include/linux/perf_counter.h
index f2b914de3f0..e22ab47a2f4 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_counter.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_counter.h
@@ -170,22 +170,18 @@ struct perf_counter_mmap_page {
* u32 seq;
* s64 count;
*
- * again:
- * seq = pc->lock;
- * if (unlikely(seq & 1)) {
- * cpu_relax();
- * goto again;
- * }
+ * do {
+ * seq = pc->lock;
*
- * if (pc->index) {
- * count = pmc_read(pc->index - 1);
- * count += pc->offset;
- * } else
- * goto regular_read;
+ * barrier()
+ * if (pc->index) {
+ * count = pmc_read(pc->index - 1);
+ * count += pc->offset;
+ * } else
+ * goto regular_read;
*
- * barrier();
- * if (pc->lock != seq)
- * goto again;
+ * barrier();
+ * } while (pc->lock != seq);
*
* NOTE: for obvious reason this only works on self-monitoring
* processes.