The cmpxchg() is used in kernel/pid.c:next_free_map():
if (cmpxchg(&map->page, NULL, (void *) page))
free_page(page);
It is implemented on alpha, i386, ia64, ppc64, ppc, sparc64,
x86_64, but not on mips, cris, arm, s390, s390x, sparc, sh, parisc.
Do all architectures have to have it?
-- Pete
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