Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 09 Mar 2006 19:14:26 +1100 | From | Nick Piggin <> | Subject | Re: [patch 1/4] net: percpufy frequently used vars -- add percpu_counter_mod_bh |
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Ravikiran G Thirumalai wrote:
> Here's a patch making x86_64 local_t to 64 bits like other 64 bit arches. > This keeps local_t unsigned long. (We can change it to signed value > along with other arches later in one go I guess) >
Why not just keep naming and structure of interfaces consistent with atomic_t?
That would be signed and 32-bit. You then also have a local64_t.
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