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From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@linux.intel.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] x86/spinlocks optional for 3.1
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:02:00 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E382D88.4020302@goop.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E374C9E.5000102@zytor.com>

On 08/01/2011 06:02 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 08/01/2011 05:04 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>> If that xadd implementation could perhaps be shared, I wouldn't hate
>> it so much. As it is, I really don't see the point in pulling this.
>>
> OK, no problem.  We'll rework it for 3.2.
>

Agreed.  The xadd helper is actually identical between the two, aside
from the 64-bit form.  I was following the form of cmpchg_32/64.h, but
to be honest I don't understand why they're separate.  Is it some
remaining TBD unification?

    J

      reply	other threads:[~2011-08-02 17:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-08-01 17:53 [GIT PULL] x86/spinlocks optional for 3.1 H. Peter Anvin
2011-08-02  0:04 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-08-02  1:02   ` H. Peter Anvin
2011-08-02 17:02     ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge [this message]

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