linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.32-rc1

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Date:	Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:55:22 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
CC:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	John Stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.32-rc1

Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> Subject: [PATCH] x86: Provide an alternative() based cmpxchg64()
> 
> Based on Linus' patch, this patch provides cmpxchg64() using
> the alternative() infrastructure.
> 
> Note: the fallback is NOT smp safe, just like the current fallback
> is not SMP safe.

As long as it can't be turned into an atomic access, shouldn't cmpxchg64
be hidden from the common kernel coder?  Almost everybody will assume
that it is an atomic operation and happily use it in unsafe places.
-- 
Stefan Richter
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