linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2/8] Implement always-locked bit ops, for memory shared with an SMP hypervisor.

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Message-Id: <200608030555.34569.ak@suse.de>
Date:	Thu, 3 Aug 2006 05:55:34 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	virtualization@...ts.osdl.org
Cc:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>,
	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>, akpm@...l.org,
	xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com, Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Ian Pratt <ian.pratt@...source.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 2/8] Implement always-locked bit ops, for memory shared with an SMP hypervisor.

On Thursday 03 August 2006 03:25, Christoph Lameter wrote:

> Good idea. This will also make it easier to support this special 
> functionality. And it will avoid use in contexts where these are
> not necessary.

I think it's a bad idea. We don't want lots of architecture ifdefs
in some Xen specific file

-Andi
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