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From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] net: inet_add_protocol() can use cmpxchg()
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:55:45 +0200
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Le jeudi 09 septembre 2010 =C3=A0 06:42 +0000, Jarek Poplawski a =C3=A9=
crit :
> Of course, each case is different, but generally I understand Jesse's
> concern. Smaller data section argument shouldn't be enough. There is
> some reason we do it in C not asm, and there is some cost of
> unreadable code too.

Sure, but is cmpxchg() really not readable for you ? ;)

Now it is available for all arches, you can bet it is going to be
adopted.