Re: 2.6.16-rc regression: m68k CONFIG_RMW_INSNS=n compile broken

[Andrew Morton]

Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Roman Zippel wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Fri, 3 Mar 2006, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>Yes, we now require cmpxchg of all architectures.
> > 
> > 
> > Actually I'd prefer if we used atomic_cmpxchg() instead.
> > The cmpxchg() emulation was never added for a good reason - to keep code 
> > from assuming it can be used it for userspace synchronisation. Using an 
> > atomic_t here would probably get at least some attention.
> > 
> 
> Yes, I guess that's what Andrew meant. The reason we can require
> atomic_cmpxchg of all architectures is because it is only guaranteed
> to work on atomic_t.
> 
> Glad to hear it won't be a problem for you though.
> 

Could someone with an m68k compiler please send the patch?
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