Re: Question on atomic_inc/dec

[Tim Hockin]

On Tue, Oct 14, 2003 at 02:17:49PM -0700, Perez-Gonzalez, Inaky wrote:
> It will be in include/asm/atomic.h; however, it is not wise to
> use directly the kernel stuff unless you are coding kernel stuff.

Is there any reason NOT to use the atomic ops in user-space?  I mean, are
they privileged on some architectures, or ...?  It seems like some
user-space apps might really benefit from simple atomic ops.  Or at least,
kernel-coders writing in userspace could sure use simple atomic ops :)

Tim

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