linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] atomic: cleanup asm-generic atomic*.h inclusion

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Message-ID: <4DFBB37C.2060004@fb.com>
Date:	Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:05:16 -0700
From:	Arun Sharma <asharma@...com>
To:	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] atomic: cleanup asm-generic atomic*.h inclusion

On 6/17/11 12:07 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:

>> <linux/atomic.h>  a header file that's usable in machine independent kernel
>> code.
>
> if that's the direction we want to take things, then this needs to be
> documented at the top of both files.  i also see quite a lot of
> primitives in asm-generic/atomic.h that would be better placed using
> your definitions in linux/atomic.h.
>

I incorporated your feedback in the patch set I just sent out. Thanks 
for the review. Please let me know if the new patch set works better for 
you.

  -Arun
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