Re: [RFC][PATCH 04/12] types: Introduce [us]128

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> Introduce [us]128 (when available). Unlike [us]64, ensure they are
> always naturally aligned.
> 
> This also enables 128bit wide atomics (which require natural
> alignment) such as cmpxchg128().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/types.h      |    5 +++++
>  include/uapi/linux/types.h |    4 ++++
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 
> --- a/include/linux/types.h
> +++ b/include/linux/types.h
> @@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
>  #define DECLARE_BITMAP(name,bits) \
>  	unsigned long name[BITS_TO_LONGS(bits)]
>  
> +#ifdef __SIZEOF_INT128__
> +typedef __s128 s128;
> +typedef __u128 u128;
> +#endif

Should this come as a note here?

> Introduce [us]128 (when available). Unlike [us]64, ensure they are
> always naturally aligned.

BR,
							Pavel
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