Re: Question on atomic_inc/dec

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Tue, 2003-10-14 at 23:44, Tim Hockin wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 02:17:49PM -0700, Perez-Gonzalez, Inaky wrote:
> > It will be in include/asm/atomic.h; however, it is not wise to
> > use directly the kernel stuff unless you are coding kernel stuff.
> 
> Is there any reason NOT to use the atomic ops in user-space? 

also the /usr/include/asm/atomic.h versions never were actually atomic!
Those being actually atomic depends on CONFIG_SMP defined, which for
userspace... well you get the picture.

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