Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:02:00 -0700 | From | Jeremy Fitzhardinge <> | Subject | Re: [GIT PULL] x86/spinlocks optional for 3.1 |
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On 08/01/2011 06:02 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 08/01/2011 05:04 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote: >> If that xadd implementation could perhaps be shared, I wouldn't hate >> it so much. As it is, I really don't see the point in pulling this. >> > OK, no problem. We'll rework it for 3.2. >
Agreed. The xadd helper is actually identical between the two, aside from the 64-bit form. I was following the form of cmpchg_32/64.h, but to be honest I don't understand why they're separate. Is it some remaining TBD unification?
J
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