Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 14 Oct 2003 14:44:37 -0700 | From | Tim Hockin <> | Subject | Re: Question on atomic_inc/dec |
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On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 02:17:49PM -0700, Perez-Gonzalez, Inaky wrote: > It will be in include/asm/atomic.h; however, it is not wise to > use directly the kernel stuff unless you are coding kernel stuff.
Is there any reason NOT to use the atomic ops in user-space? I mean, are they privileged on some architectures, or ...? It seems like some user-space apps might really benefit from simple atomic ops. Or at least, kernel-coders writing in userspace could sure use simple atomic ops :)
Tim
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