[PATCH] locking/qspinlock: Clarify pending field layout

From: WEI-HONG, YE

Date: Mon May 25 2026 - 09:07:15 EST


For CONFIG_NR_CPUS < 16K, _Q_PENDING_BITS is 8 and the pending
field occupies bits 8-15 of the lock word. The current comment
documents bit 8 as pending and bits 9-15 as unused, which describes
the pending flag value rather than the field layout.

Describe bits 8-15 as the pending byte so the layout description
is consistent with the lock byte.

Signed-off-by: WEI-HONG, YE <1234567weewee457@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h
index 2fd1fb89ec36..7d17b9bb069c 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/qspinlock_types.h
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ typedef struct qspinlock {
*
* When NR_CPUS < 16K
* 0- 7: locked byte
- * 8: pending
- * 9-15: not used
+ * 8-15: pending byte
* 16-17: tail index
* 18-31: tail cpu (+1)
*
--
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