On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 07:14:26PM +1100, Nick Piggin wrote: > Ravikiran G Thirumalai wrote: > > >Here's a patch making x86_64 local_t to 64 bits like other 64 bit arches. > >This keeps local_t unsigned long. (We can change it to signed value > >along with other arches later in one go I guess) > > > > Why not just keep naming and structure of interfaces consistent with > atomic_t? > > That would be signed and 32-bit. You then also have a local64_t.
No, local_t is supposed to be 64-bits on 64bits arches and 32 bit on 32 bit arches. x86_64 was the only exception, so this patch fixes that. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
