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From: Andy Grover <andy.grover-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: Sean Hefty <sean.hefty-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: 'Vladimir Sokolovsky'
	<vlad-LDSdmyG8hGV8YrgS2mwiifqBs+8SCbDb@public.gmane.org>,
	Roland Dreier <rdreier-FYB4Gu1CFyUAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-rdma <linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] IB/core: Add support for enhanced atomic operations
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:49:16 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B7C3A2C.6070202@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <96930957548D41E0B47FA465CAAD05E6-Zpru7NauK7drdx17CPfAsdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>

Sean Hefty wrote:

> Just tossing this out as a possibility -- the mask itself could be used to
> indicate the type of operation.  Kernel clients would always set the mask for
> all atomic operations.
> 
> Also, is there a kernel user for this functionality?

RDS would make use of this.

Regards -- Andy

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-02-17 18:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-02-01 15:59 [PATCH 1/2] IB/core: Add support for enhanced atomic operations Vladimir Sokolovsky
2010-02-11  0:51 ` Sean Hefty
     [not found]   ` <96930957548D41E0B47FA465CAAD05E6-Zpru7NauK7drdx17CPfAsdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
2010-02-11 13:48     ` Vladimir Sokolovsky
2010-02-17 18:49     ` Andy Grover [this message]
     [not found]       ` <4B7C3A2C.6070202-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2010-02-17 23:56         ` Richard Frank

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