From: Chris Snook <csnook@redhat.com>
To: Vineet Gupta <vineetg76@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Usage semantics of atomic_set ( )
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:37:46 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <478819EA.2080905@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9f4f8abe0801111457t7535069ar1f98cc37d5cf8d40@mail.gmail.com>
Vineet Gupta wrote:
> I'm trying to implement atomic ops for a CPU which has no inherent
> support for Read-Modify-Write Ops. Instead of using a global spin lock
> which protects all the atomic APIs, I want to use a spin lock per
> instance of atomic_t.
What operations are you using to implement spinlocks?
A few architectures use arrays of spinlocks to implement atomic_t. I believe
sparc and parisc are among them. Assuming your spinlock implementation is sound
and efficient, the same technique should work for you.
-- Chris
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-01-12 1:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-01-11 22:57 Usage semantics of atomic_set ( ) Vineet Gupta
2008-01-11 23:16 ` Roland Dreier
2008-01-12 1:37 ` Chris Snook [this message]
2008-01-12 18:36 ` Vineet Gupta
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