Re: [PATCH 1/12] generic *_bit()

Christoph Hellwig
2006-02-01T18:02:37Z

On Wed, Feb 01, 2006 at 07:11:34AM -0800, Chen, Kenneth W wrote:
> Akinobu Mita wrote on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 7:29 PM
> > This patch introduces the C-language equivalents of the functions below:
> >
> > - atomic operation:
> > void set_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr);
> > void clear_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr);
> > void change_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr);
> > int test_and_set_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr);
> > int test_and_clear_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr);
> > int test_and_change_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr);
>
> I wonder why you did not make these functions take volatile
> unsigned int * address argument?

Because they are defined to operate on arrays of unsigned long