arm spinlock

MOV r1, #0x1                ; load the ‘lock taken’ value
try
    LDREX r0, [LockAddr]        ; load the lock value
    CMP r0, #0                  ; is the lock free?
    STREXEQ r0, r1, [LockAddr]  ; try and claim the lock
    CMPEQ r0, #0                ; did this succeed?
    BNE try                     ; no – try again
    ....                        ; yes – we have the lock