Forwarded to linux-arch for comments. It would be preferable if replies could go to the lkml thread, but either way is fine. Thanks, Nick -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [PATCH 2.6.13] lockless pagecache 2/7 Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 16:29:10 +1000 From: Nick Piggin To: Linux Memory Management , linux-kernel References: <4317F071.1070403@yahoo.com.au> <4317F0F9.1080602@yahoo.com.au> 2/7 Implement atomic_cmpxchg for i386 and ppc64. Is there any architecture that won't be able to implement such an operation?