lockref: use cmpxchg64 explicitly for lockless updates
The cmpxchg() function tends not to support 64-bit arguments on 32-bit
architectures. This could be either due to use of unsigned long
arguments (like on ARM) or lack of instruction support (cmpxchgq on
x86). However, these architectures may implement a specific cmpxchg64()
function to provide 64-bit cmpxchg support instead.
Since the lockref code requires a 64-bit cmpxchg and relies on the
architecture selecting ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF, move to using cmpxchg64
instead of cmpxchg and allow 32-bit architectures to make use of the
lockless lockref implementation.
Cc: Waiman Long <Waiman.Long@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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