> Just doing an atomic operation is not faster than doing a lock, an > atomic operation, then an unlock? Am I missing something?
if the lock and the atomic are on the same cacheline they're the same cost on most modern cpus... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
