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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4, v2] x86: enlightenment for ticket spin locks -
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On Wed, 2010-06-30 at 12:43 +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:

> It does tickle just the new owner - that's what the list is for.

But if you have a FIFO list you don't need the ticket stuff and can
implement a FIFO lock instead.