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SubjectRe: Kernel crash after using new Intel NIC (igb)
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Le samedi 28 mai 2011 à 20:04 +0200, Ingo Molnar a écrit :
> * Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > +static inline int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
> > > +{
> > > + return __atomic_add_unless(v, a, u) != u;
> > > }
> > >
> > > #define atomic_inc_not_zero(v) atomic_add_unless((v), 1, 0)
> >
> > As I said, atomic_add_unless() has several implementations in
> > various arches. You must take care of all, not only x86.
>
> It's a bit sad to see local hacks to generic facilities committed
> upstream like that.
>

Again, its a stable candidate patch, on a file that had many changes in
recent kernels.

I felt this was the right thing to do, to ease stable teams work.

Its not like there is an urgent need for this atomic_add_unless_return()
thing that we have to worry right now.



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