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Paul E. McKenney wrote: > On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 12:12:25PM +1100, Nick Piggin wrote: >>Yes, it is basically ready to go. > > > Would it simplify the rcuref.h code? Or lib/dec_and_lock.c? > Yep, I recently posted it to lkml... rcuref.h disappears, and dec_and_lock becomes simplified not to mention more efficient on those architectures which do not define HAVE_ARCH_CMPXCHG. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=113117753625350&w=2 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=113117753629218&w=2 I need the infrastructure for lockless pagecache, but fortunately it is very useful for other things as well. Especially lockless algorithms it seems. Nick -- SUSE Labs, Novell Inc. Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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