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From: Andy Grover <andy.grover-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@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
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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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