Re: atomic_t (24 bits???)

From: Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)
Date: Tue Feb 25 2003 - 16:57:15 EST


On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 02:17:11PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> There are other platforms where you can't reliably use the whole word.
> Some ARM atomic_t implementations are like this, although I don't know
> if the one in the kernel is.

The ARM atomic_t isn't 24-bit - it's a full paid up member of the
32-bit club. 8)

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