Re: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently across all architectures

On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 12:04:17AM +0200, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> And no, RMW on MMIO isn't "problematic" at all, either.
> 
> An RMW op is a read op, a modify op, and a write op, all rolled
> into one opcode.  But three actual operations.

Maybe for some CPUs, but not all.  ARM for instance can't use the
load exclusive and store exclusive instructions to MMIO space.

This means placing atomic_t or bitops into MMIO space is a definite
no-go on ARM.  It breaks.

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