Re: [patch 04/15] Generic Mutex Subsystem, add-atomic-call-func-x86_64.patch

[Horst von Brand]

Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

[...]

> Let me restate, that the generic code should not be this, but each arch
> can have this if they already went through great lengths in making a fast
> semaphore.
> 
> Heck put the above defines in the generic code, with a define
> 
> linux/mutex.h:
> 
> #ifdef HAVE_ARCH_MUTEX
> #include <asm/mutex.h>
> #else
> 
> #ifdef HAVE_FAST_SEMAPHORE
> 
> #define <defines here>
> 
> #else
> 
> generic code here

Anything to go here could/should very well be in the above arch-specific
file. Saves you a #define ;-)

> #endif /* HAVE_FAST_SEMAPHORE */
> #endif /* HAVE_ARCH_MUTEX */
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