linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] asm-generic: Add _{relaxed|acquire|release}() variants for inc/dec atomics

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Message-ID: <20151001063910.GN2881@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:	Thu, 1 Oct 2015 08:39:10 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	"Paul E.McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] asm-generic: Add _{relaxed|acquire|release}()
 variants for inc/dec atomics

On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 01:03:11PM -0700, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> Similar to what we have for regular add/sub calls. For now, no actual arch
> implements them, so everyone falls back to the default atomics... iow,
> nothing changes. These will be used in future primitives.
> 

Maybe also do an aargh64 patch for this?
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