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Date:	Wed, 04 May 2011 10:04:04 -0500
From:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
To:	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>
Cc:	Sven Eckelmann <sven@...fation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org,
	linux-cris-kernel@...s.com, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-m32r@...linux-m32r.org, linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org,
	linux-mips@...ux-mips.org, linux-am33-list@...hat.com,
	linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org,
	sparclinux@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] atomic: add *_dec_not_zero

On Wed, 2011-05-04 at 00:44 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 17:30, Sven Eckelmann wrote:
> > Introduce an *_dec_not_zero operation.  Make this a special case of
> > *_add_unless because batman-adv uses atomic_dec_not_zero in different
> > places like re-broadcast queue or aggregation queue management. There
> > are other non-final patches which may also want to use this macro.
> >
> > Cc: uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org
> >
> > --- a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/atomic.h
> > +++ b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/atomic.h
> > @@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ static inline int atomic_test_mask(int mask, atomic_t *v)
> >        c != (u);                                               \
> >  })
> >  #define atomic_inc_not_zero(v) atomic_add_unless((v), 1, 0)
> > +#define atomic_dec_not_zero(v) atomic_add_unless((v), -1, 0)
> >
> >  /*
> >  * atomic_inc_and_test - increment and test
> 
> no opinion on the actual idea, but for the Blackfin pieces:
> Acked-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>

This goes for parisc as well.

Acked-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>

James


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