Re: [PATCH v2] x86: remove unused atomic_inc_short()

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Mon Mar 27 2017 - 02:29:10 EST



* Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> It is completely unused and implemented only on x86.
> Remove it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx

This does not apply cleanly on top of the locking tree, probably because it's
based on still non-final KASAN bits. Please submit a patch on top of the locking
tree.

Thanks,

Ingo