linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] atomic: add *_dec_not

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Message-ID: <20110504070312.GD20828@elte.hu>
Date:	Wed, 4 May 2011 09:03:12 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Sven Eckelmann <sven@...fation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>, x86@...nel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] atomic: add *_dec_not_zero


* Sven Eckelmann <sven@...fation.org> 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.

>  arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h      |    1 +
>  arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_64.h |    1 +

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>

Thanks,

	Ingo
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