linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: fix and improve percpu_cmpxchg{8,16}b

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Date:	Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:39:22 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>
CC:	mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: fix and improve percpu_cmpxchg{8,16}b_double()

On 12/14/2011 12:33 AM, Jan Beulich wrote:
> 
> At once also change the return value type to what it really is -
> 'bool'.
> 

I have a hazy memory of "bool" not working correctly in inline assembly,
but it might be ancient history by now.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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