On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 11:20:45PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > I'd say the sequence is:
> > 1. create an linux/atomic.h the #include's asm/atomic.h
> > 2. convert all asm/atomic.h to use linux/atomic.h
> > 3. move common code to linux/atomic.h
>
> I don't think there is much common code actually. atomic_t
> details vary widly between architectures. Just defining
> a few macros to others is really not significant. I think
> Christoph's original patch was just fine.
All of Christoph's original patch contains common code.
The amount of duplication his patch would create alone would IMHO be
worth creating an linux/atomic.h.
> -Andi
cu
Adrian
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