On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 07:14:26PM +1100, Nick Piggin wrote: > 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. No, local_t is supposed to be 64-bits on 64bits arches and 32 bit on 32 bit arches. x86_64 was the only exception, so this patch fixes that. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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