RE: [PATCH 1/12] generic *_bit()

Akinobu Mita wrote on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 7:29 PM
> This patch introduces the C-language equivalents of the functions below:
> 
> - atomic operation:
> void set_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr);
> void clear_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr);
> void change_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr);
> int test_and_set_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr);
> int test_and_clear_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr);
> int test_and_change_bit(int nr, volatile unsigned long *addr);

I wonder why you did not make these functions take volatile
unsigned int * address argument?

- Ken

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