David Howells writes: > Would it not be better to use some sort of atomic add/subtract/clear operation > rather than a spinlock? (Which would also give you fewer atomic memory access > cycles). Please see older threads about this, it has been discussed to death already (hint: sizeof(atomic_t), sizeof(unsigned long)). Later, David S. Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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