Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 6 Dec 2006 14:15:43 -0800 (PST) | From | Christoph Lameter <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] WorkStruct: Implement generic UP cmpxchg() where an arch doesn't support it |
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On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> To be honest, it'd be much easier if we only defined these operations on > atomic_t's. We have all the infrastructure in place for them, and > they're fairly well understood. If you need different sizes, I'm OK > with an atomic_pointer_t, or whatever.
An pointer is probably one of the most important entities to use with cmpxchg (aside from the ints and longs that we already support).
A pointer can be defined to point to any other type. So we would need atomic_pointer_t(<type_pointed_to>)? - 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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