+ /*
+ * Last phase: atomically exchange node->next with a version
+ * having "REMOVAL_OWNER_FLAG" set. If the returned node->next
+ * pointer did _not_ have "REMOVAL_OWNER_FLAG" set, we now own
+ * the node and win the removal race.
+ * It is interesting to note that all "add" paths are forbidden
+ * to change the next pointer starting from the point where the
+ * REMOVED_FLAG is set, so here using a read, followed by a
+ * xchg() suffice to guarantee that the xchg() will ever only
+ * set the "REMOVAL_OWNER_FLAG" (or change nothing if the flag
+ * was already set).
+ */
+ if (!is_removal_owner(uatomic_xchg(&node->next,
+ flag_removal_owner(node->next))))
+ return 0;
+ else
+ return -ENOENT;