Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > /* > * FIXME: On x86 and some other CPUs the split into user and softirq parts > * is not needed because addl $1,memory is atomic against interrupts (but > * atomic_inc would be overkill because of the lock cycles). Wants new > * nonlocked_atomic_inc() primitives -AK > */
That exists now as local_t. And in fact the generic (non x86) local_t is implemented in the same way as the current network statistics (although I'm not convinced that's the best portable way to do this) -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
