Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S938063AbWLHPdA (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Dec 2006 10:33:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S938067AbWLHPdA (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Dec 2006 10:33:00 -0500 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([217.147.92.249]:4062 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S938063AbWLHPc7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Dec 2006 10:32:59 -0500 Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 15:32:50 +0000 From: Russell King To: Linus Torvalds , Christoph Lameter , David Howells , Andrew Morton , linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk, Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] WorkStruct: Implement generic UP cmpxchg() where an arch doesn't support it Message-ID: <20061208153250.GB31068@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Linus Torvalds , Christoph Lameter , David Howells , Andrew Morton , linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk, Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org References: <20061206164314.19870.33519.stgit@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> <20061207150606.GC1255@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061207150606.GC1255@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1208 Lines: 33 On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 03:06:06PM +0000, Russell King wrote: > On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 11:05:22AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, 6 Dec 2006, Christoph Lameter wrote: > > > > > > I'd really appreciate a cmpxchg that is generically available for > > > all arches. It will allow lockless implementation for various performance > > > criticial portions of the kernel. > > > > I suspect ARM may have been the last one without one, no? > > > > That said, cmpxchg won't necessarily be "high-performance" unless the hw > > supports it naturally in hardware, so.. > > > > Russell, are you ok with the code DavidH posted (the "try 2" one)? I'd > > like to get an ack from the ARM maintainer before applying it, but it > > looked ok. > > Things seem to have moved on since this request. Do I need to do > anything? I dunno. ARM's still broken. -- Russell King Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of: - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/