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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
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Am Tuesday 22 August 2006 22:50 schrieb Xupei Liang:
> #include <asm-ppc/atomic.h>
>
> int main()
> {
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0atomic_t atom;
>
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0atomic_add(1, &atom);
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0return (0);
> }
>
> I am able to compile it and the atomic_add seems to be
> translated into the correct instructions. Can anybody
> please confirm? Thanks.

No, you can't do that, the kernel headers are not generally
working in user space, recent kernel versions protect you
from doing this.

If you don't have a library providing you with atomic operations,
you can copy the inline functions from the kernel, which will
work fine, but require that your app is GPL licensed.

	Arnd <><