linux-kernel - Re: [patch] Re: using long instead of atomic

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Date:	Wed, 5 Mar 2008 09:07:43 -0800 (PST)
From:	Matti Linnanvuori <mattilinnanvuori@...oo.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] Re: using long instead of atomic_t when only set/read is required

On Mon, 2008-03-03 at 18:24 +0100, Pavel Machek wrote:
> "For all properly-aligned pointer and integral types other than short or
> long long..."

As far as I know, Linux kernel supports Alpha that does not have atomic
updates of integral types with less than 32 bits.


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