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SubjectRe: [PATCH v9 3/5] qrwlock, x86 - Treat all data type not bigger than long as atomic in x86
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On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 8:09 AM, Waiman Long <waiman.long@hp.com> wrote:
>
> include/linux/compiler.h:
>
> #ifndef __native_word
> # ifdef __arch_native_word(t)
> # define __native_word(t) __arch_native_word(t)
> # else
> # define __native_word(t) (sizeof(t) == sizeof(int) || sizeof(t) == siizeof(long))
> # endif
> #endif

Do we even really need this?

I'd suggest removing it entirely. You might want to retain the whole

compiletime_assert_atomic_type()

thing on purely the alpha side, but then it's all inside just the
alpha code, without any need for this "native_word" thing.

And if somebody tries to do a "smp_store_release()" on a random
structure or union, do we care? We're not some nanny state that wants
to give nice warnings for insane code.

Linus


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