Re: [patch 1/4] net: percpufy frequently used vars -- add percpu_counter_mod_bh

[Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>]

Ravikiran G Thirumalai wrote:

> Here's a patch making x86_64 local_t to 64 bits like other 64 bit arches.
> This keeps local_t unsigned long.  (We can change it to signed value 
> along with other arches later in one go I guess) 

Why not just keep naming and structure of interfaces consistent with
atomic_t?

That would be signed and 32-bit. You then also have a local64_t.

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