linux-kernel - Re: [cpuops cmpxchg double V2 1/4] Generic support for this_cpu_cmpxchg

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Message-ID: <4D393636.4040607@cs.helsinki.fi>
Date:	Fri, 21 Jan 2011 09:31:02 +0200
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
CC:	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [cpuops cmpxchg double V2 1/4] Generic support for this_cpu_cmpxchg_double

On 1/8/11 7:24 PM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 12:41:58PM -0600, Christoph Lameter wrote:
>> On Fri, 7 Jan 2011, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
>>
>>> I have to admit that I also hate the current interface for two reasons:
>
> Call me weird but I like this one than others.  It sure is ugly but
> the operation itself isn't a particularly pretty so it kinda matches.
> Also, this one is the least error prone and more consistent with other
> cpu ops.

So what are we going to do about this patch? I'd love to merge 
Christoph's SLUB patches for linux-next now that .38-rc1 is out.

			Pekka
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