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FromDavid Howells <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/19] MUTEX: Introduce simple mutex implementation
DateTue, 13 Dec 2005 09:54:49 +0000
Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> wrote:

> We have atomic_cmpxchg. Can you use that for a sufficient generic
> implementation?

No. CMPXCHG/CAS is not as available as XCHG, and it's also unnecessary.

David
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