On Fri, 8 Apr 2005 14:53:02 +1000
Herbert Xu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Yes but what will go wrong on uni-processor MIPS when you don't do the
> sync in atomic_sub_return?

Indeed.  I see nothing in those quotes which indicate that the
SYNC is needed on uniprocessor.  It's only saying things such
as "SYNC only affects load and store instructions" and
"LL/SC can only be performed on cacheable memory".  Stuff
like that.
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