From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 30 Jan 2001 06:18:03 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 30 Jan 2001 06:17:53 -0500 Received: from f00f.stub.clear.net.nz ([203.167.224.51]:59653 "HELO metastasis.f00f.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 30 Jan 2001 06:17:39 -0500 Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 00:17:37 +1300 From: Chris Wedgwood To: "David S. Miller" Cc: David Howells , Rasmus Andersen , Rik van Riel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] guard mm->rss with page_table_lock (241p11) Message-ID: <20010131001737.C6620@metastasis.f00f.org> In-Reply-To: <20010129224311.H603@jaquet.dk> <13240.980842736@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> <14966.32188.408789.239466@pizda.ninka.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <14966.32188.408789.239466@pizda.ninka.net>; from davem@redhat.com on Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 12:39:24AM -0800 X-No-Archive: Yes Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 12:39:24AM -0800, David S. Miller wrote: Please see older threads about this, it has been discussed to death already (hint: sizeof(atomic_t), sizeof(unsigned long)). can we not define a macro so architectures that can do do atomically inc/dec with unsigned long will? otherwise it uses the spinlock? --cw - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/