- To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [PATCHv5] atomic: add *_dec_not_zero
- From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2011 16:14:13 -0800
- Cc: Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Sven Eckelmann <sven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-m32r-ja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-ia64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>, Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>, sparclinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-hexagon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-s390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, user-mode-linux-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx>, Hirokazu Takata <takata@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, x86@xxxxxxxxxx, "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>, Matt Turner <mattst88@xxxxxxxxx>, Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@xxxxxxxxx>, Arnd Bergma nn <arnd@xxxxxxxx>, Jeff Dike <jdike@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@xxxxxxxxxx>, linux-m32r@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Richard Henderson <rth@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>, linux-parisc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, b.a.t.m.a.n@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Kyle McMartin <kyle@xxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-alpha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx>, linux390@xxxxxxxxxx, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On 12/04/2011 02:41 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
>
> I agree with Russell, his approach is a lot easier to maintain long run,
> we should even consider converting existing definitions.
>
Thirded.
-hpa
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