Quoting Christian König (2019-08-06 16:01:27)
> When reservation_object_add_shared_fence is replacing an old fence with a new
> one we should not drop the old one before the new one is in place.
> 
> Otherwise other cores can busy wait for the new one to appear.

I see. The reader will see a refcount==0 fence and restart, whereas by
dropping the ref later, that reader has a better chance of getting to
the end before noticing the change.

> Signed-off-by: Christian König <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Chris Wilson <[email protected]>
-Chris
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