On Friday 30 May 2008 15:17:55 Christoph Lameter wrote: > On Thu, 29 May 2008, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > local_irq_save(flags); > > > /* Calculate address of per processor area */ > > > p = CPU_PTR(stat, smp_processor_id()); > > > p->counter++; > > > local_irq_restore(flags); > > > > eh? That's what local_t is for? > > No that is what local_t exactly cannot do. Yes, but this is local_t for dynamically allocated per-cpu vars. You've lost potential symmetry and invented a whole new nomenclature :( local_ptr_inc() etc would be far preferable IMHO. Cheers, Rusty. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
