linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/3] add the fsblock layer

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Date:	Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:58:26 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 1/3] add the fsblock layer

On Sun, Jun 24, 2007 at 01:18:42PM -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> 
> > Hmm, could define a macro DECLARE_ATOMIC_BITMAP(maxbit) that expands to the smallest
> > possible type for each architecture. And a couple of ugly casts for set_bit et.al.
> > but those could be also hidden in macros. Should be relatively easy to do.
> 
> or make a "smallbit" type that is small/supported, so 64 bit if 32 bit
> isn't supported, otherwise 32

That wouldn't handle the case where you only need e.g. 8 bits
That's fine for x86 too. It only hates atomic accesses crossing cache line
boundaries (but handles them too, just slow) 

-Andi
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