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SubjectRe: [patch 1/4] net: percpufy frequently used vars -- add percpu_counter_mod_bh
On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 07:14:26PM +1100, Nick Piggin wrote:
> 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.

No, local_t is supposed to be 64-bits on 64bits arches and 32 bit on 32 bit
arches. x86_64 was the only exception, so this patch fixes that.

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