linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 13/15] x86: add cmpxchg

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Date:	Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:07:12 -0500 (CDT)
From:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...nel.dk>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/15] x86: add cmpxchg_flag() variant

On Wed, 24 Aug 2011, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:

> But the interface hides the implementation specifics, so its not all
> that important.

Ok but could you make it consistent throughout? The cmpxchg_double's do
not have the _flags at the end but also already do a sete. So either
rename those or come up with another convention?

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