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Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 10:56:14 -0800 (PST)
From: Christoph Lameter <clameter@sgi.com>
To: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] WorkStruct: Implement generic UP cmpxchg() where an arch
 doesn't support it
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I'd really appreciate a cmpxchg that is generically available for 
all arches. It will allow lockless implementation for various performance 
criticial portions of the kernel.