Re: [PATCH] WorkStruct: Implement generic UP cmpxchg() where an arch doesn't support it

Roman Zippel
2006-12-07T00:38:29Z

Hi,

On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Matthew Wilcox wrote:

> To be honest, it'd be much easier if we only defined these operations on
> atomic_t's. We have all the infrastructure in place for them, and
> they're fairly well understood. If you need different sizes, I'm OK
> with an atomic_pointer_t, or whatever.

FWIW Seconded.

bye, Roman