Re: lib: Export generic atomic64_t functions

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Tue Jul 21 2009 - 19:35:52 EST


On Thu, 9 Jul 2009 11:09:24 +1000
Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Roland Dreier writes:
>
> > The generic atomic64_t implementation in lib/ did not export the
> > functions it defined, which means that modules that use atomic64_t
> > would not link on platforms (such as 32-bit powerpc). For example,
> > trying to build a kernel with CONFIG_NET_RDS on such a platform would
> > fail with:
> >
> > ERROR: "atomic64_read" [net/rds/rds.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "atomic64_set" [net/rds/rds.ko] undefined!
> >
> > Fix this by exporting the atomic64_t functions to modules. (I export
> > the entire API even if it's not all currently used by in-tree modules to
> > avoid having to continue fixing this in dribs and drabs)
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <rolandd@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Nice, thanks.
>
> Acked-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Andrew, I think this should be safe to go in 2.6.31. Could you
> include it in your next batch for Linus, or should I send it to him
> directly?
>

Am still catching up, sorry. Yup, I put this in my 2.6.31 queue.
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