linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 06/15] Provide 16-bit ISO atomics

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Date:	Wed, 18 May 2016 19:28:38 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, will.deacon@....com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ramana.radhakrishnan@....com,
	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, dwmw2@...radead.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 06/15] Provide 16-bit ISO atomics

On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 04:11:22PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> Provide an implementation of atomic_inc_short() using ISO atomics.

It seems entirely unused though; so maybe remove it instead?