Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 30 Sep 1999 14:43:03 +0200 (CEST) | From | Andrea Arcangeli <> | Subject | Re: ordered memory access |
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On 30 Sep 1999, Jes Sorensen wrote:
>atomic_foo() should be ordered, at least that the idea behind it as
It isn't. Also the atomic_inc/dec and set_bit clear_bit aren't.
Only test_and_*_bit and atomic_dec_and_test enforce ordering between previous and following code.
Andrea
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