netdev - Re: [PATCH RFX]: napi

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Date:	Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:12:22 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	rusty@...tcorp.com.au
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, shemminger@...ux-foundation.org,
	jgarzik@...ox.com, hadi@...erus.ca
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFX]: napi_struct V3

From: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:09:55 +1000

> Not pretty 8(

Not at all and cmpxchg() isn't really a generically usable
primitive.  Yes all platforms provide atomic_cmpxchg() in
one form or another, but it's really barbaric and inefficient
on some cpu types.

Let's can this idea for now.
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