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Re: PPC atomic.h and compare_exchange_val forms

From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
To: sjmunroe at vnet dot ibm dot com
Cc: libc-hacker at sources dot redhat dot com, Paul Mackerras <paulus at samba dot org>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 12:41:07 -0700
Subject: Re: PPC atomic.h and compare_exchange_val forms
Organization: Red Hat, Inc.
References: <3E9C5E50.1020302@us.ibm.com>

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Steven Munroe wrote:

> I recommend dropping any mention of the 8- and 16-bit forms from
> include/atomic.h.

The definitions can be used in machine-specific files.  Therefore
they'll not be dropped.  You don't have to implement them for every
architecture, it might just mean different sources are going to be used.

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References:
- PPC atomic.h and compare_exchange_val forms
  - From: Steven Munroe

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