From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
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To: Tony Mantler <eek@escape.ca>
cc: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>, linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org,
        libc-alpha@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: DB_THREAD support in Berkeley DB/glibc 
In-Reply-To: Message from Tony Mantler <eek@escape.ca>
   of "Tue, 28 Dec 1999 17:21:36 CST." <v04003a01b48ef374578e@[216.81.17.184]>
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 1999 19:15:59 -0500
From: David Edelsohn <dje@watson.ibm.com>
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	If you only are using the TSL_UNSET in the context that one
already has the lock, then the lwarx/stwcx are unnecessary.  What you have
written, however, is not a general atomic clear macro.

David

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