Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] atomic: add atomic_inc_not_zero_hint() | From | Eric Dumazet <> | Date | Fri, 05 Nov 2010 20:46:31 +0100 |
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Le vendredi 05 novembre 2010 à 12:39 -0700, Andrew Morton a écrit :
> Ah. I wasn't able to see much duplicated code at all, so I wasn't sure > that we needed to bother about this issue. > > yup, atomic_inc_not_zero() looks like a candidate.
yes, and atomic_add_unless()...
> > > [PATCH v3] atomic: add atomic_inc_not_zero_hint() > > Let's go with this for now ;) > > I'll assume that you intend to make use of this function soon, and it > looks safe enough to sneak it into 2.6.37-rc2, IMO. If Linus shouts at > me then we could merge it into 2.6.38-rc1 via net-next, but I think > straight-to-mainline is best. >
Well, I dont expect using it before 2.6.38, no hurry Andrew, but it probably can be merged before, since it has no user yet. It'll help our job for sure.
Thanks
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