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#ifndef __LINUX_OSQ_LOCK_H
#define __LINUX_OSQ_LOCK_H

/*
 * An MCS like lock especially tailored for optimistic spinning for sleeping
 * lock implementations (mutex, rwsem, etc).
 */

#define OSQ_UNLOCKED_VAL (0)

struct optimistic_spin_queue {
	/*
	 * Stores an encoded value of the CPU # of the tail node in the queue.
	 * If the queue is empty, then it's set to OSQ_UNLOCKED_VAL.
	 */
	atomic_t tail;
};

#endif