linux-kernel - Re: test_and_set

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Message-ID: <471F7E2D.3010705@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:17:33 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Mark Hounschell <dmarkh@....rr.com>
CC:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Mark Hounschell <markh@...pro.net>
Subject: Re: test_and_set_bit and friends ?

Mark Hounschell wrote:
> Mark Hounschell wrote:
>> These calls apparently are gone. Can someone tell me why and what are
>> the replacements.
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>> Mark
> 
> I got no response from the glibc people on this and the kernel-newbies
> list appears dead so I thought I'd try here since these calls are/were
> actually kernel based to begin with. Why are they no longer available in
> user space and what is one supposed to use now?
> 

There was talk of a libarch for these sorts of things.  Don't know if 
that ever happened.

	-hpa
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