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From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC patch 08/18] cnt32_to_63 should use smp_rmb()
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:55:59 +0000
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To: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
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Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> wrote:

> > Well I'm glad it wasn't designed to demonstrate tastefulness.
> 
> Fast tricks aren't always meant to be beautiful.  That,s why we have 
> abstraction layers.

And comments.  The comment attached to cnt32_to_63() is well written and
informative.

> I know nothing about mn10300.

That's aimed my way.

David