linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] lib/genalloc: use try_cmpxchg in {set,clear}_bits

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Message-ID: <1d272a31a0494c4b8b1b86d1a79f1b96@AcuMS.aculab.com>
Date:   Tue, 24 Jan 2023 17:32:57 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     'Linus Torvalds' <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:     Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@...il.com>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        "Uros Bizjak" <ubizjak@...il.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] lib/genalloc: use try_cmpxchg in {set,clear}_bits_ll

> (Obviously it's still faster to not have to even search at all, and
> put everything in one directory and not have a search path at all, but
> it does have its own serious downsides, notably the whole "now we have
> to keep that union directory in sync with all the source directories")

I've used make to do the copies for a 'day job' project.
Just a matter of identifying the .h files that need copying
to obj/include.

	David

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