Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Implement atomic{,64}_{read,write}() without volatile

From: Paul Mackerras
Date: Fri Aug 10 2007 - 20:36:28 EST


Segher Boessenkool writes:

> Instead, use asm() like all other atomic operations already do.
>
> Also use inline functions instead of macros; this actually
> improves code generation (some code becomes a little smaller,
> probably because of improved alias information -- just a few
> hundred bytes total on a default kernel build, nothing shocking).
>
> Signed-off-by: Segher Boessenkool <segher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Looks OK to me. In the hope that Chris Snook will pick it up and
include it with his other atomic changes:

Acked-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
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