Re: AVR32 architecture patch against Linux 2.6.18-rc1 available

From: Nick Piggin
Date: Fri Jul 07 2006 - 11:28:33 EST


Nick Piggin wrote:

I don't see why test_bit() should be any more "special" than the & operator.

OTOH, I guess test_bit isn't a double underscore variant, and so perhaps
it is. What are the semantics of these things supposed to be? It gets
a bit complex if you're just trying to decide whether need_resched()
needs a barrier() or not :(

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