Hi, On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > To be honest, it'd be much easier if we only defined these operations on > > > atomic_t's. We have all the infrastructure in place for them, and > > > they're fairly well understood. If you need different sizes, I'm OK > > > with an atomic_pointer_t, or whatever. > > > > FWIW Seconded. > > I disagree. > > Any _real_ CPU will simply never care about _anything_ else than just the > size of the datum in question. ..or alignment which a dedicated atomic type would allow to be attached. bye, Roman - 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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