netdev - Re: [PATCHv4 10/11] drop_monitor: Use *_dec_not_zero instead of *_add

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Message-ID: <20110727105907.GA19001@hmsreliant.think-freely.org>
Date:	Wed, 27 Jul 2011 06:59:07 -0400
From:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
To:	Sven Eckelmann <sven@...fation.org>
Cc:	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 10/11] drop_monitor: Use *_dec_not_zero instead of
 *_add_unless

On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 11:47:49AM +0200, Sven Eckelmann wrote:
> atomic_dec_not_zero is defined for each architecture through
> <linux/atomic.h> to provide the functionality of
> atomic_add_unless(x, -1, 0).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@...fation.org>
> Cc: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> ---
>  net/core/drop_monitor.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/core/drop_monitor.c b/net/core/drop_monitor.c
> index 7f36b38..ef4a05d 100644
> --- a/net/core/drop_monitor.c
> +++ b/net/core/drop_monitor.c
> @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static void trace_drop_common(struct sk_buff *skb, void *location)
>  	struct per_cpu_dm_data *data = &__get_cpu_var(dm_cpu_data);
>  
>  
> -	if (!atomic_add_unless(&data->dm_hit_count, -1, 0)) {
> +	if (!atomic_dec_not_zero(&data->dm_hit_count)) {
>  		/*
>  		 * we're already at zero, discard this hit
>  		 */
> -- 
> 1.7.5.4
> 
> 
Wheres the patch that creates the per arch definition of this function?  I see
the other posts in this series went to lkml, but the archives don't have the
first in the series anywhere, which ostensibly adds the definition.  
Neil

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