Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 19 May 2010 13:46:01 +0200 | Subject | Re: [GIT PULL] x86/atomic changes for v2.6.35 | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> |
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On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 00:45, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote: > Please pull the latest x86-atomic-for-linus git tree from: > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git x86-atomic-for-linus > > > out-of-topic modifications in x86-atomic-for-linus: > --------------------------------------------------- > lib/Makefile # 86a8938: lib: Add self-test for atomic64_t > lib/atomic64.c # 9757789: lib: Fix atomic64_add_unless retu > lib/atomic64_test.c # a5c9161: x86, atomic64: In selftest, disti > # 25a304f: lib: Fix atomic64_inc_not_zero te > # 9efbcd5: lib: Fix atomic64_add_unless test > # d7f6de1: x86: Implement atomic[64]_dec_if_ > # 8f4f202: lib: Only test atomic64_dec_if_po > # 86a8938: lib: Add self-test for atomic64_t
Is having atomic64_t mandatory now?
According to the allmodconfig build logs (http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/matrix/), several architectures (at least m68k and mips) don't have it. Furthermore, the test fails to compile on a few architectures that do have it (parisc, s390, sh, ...).
<boilerplate> It's a pity this wasn't raised/resolved between its detection in linux-next and before it entered mainline... </boilerplate>
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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