Re: [PATCH] udev enhancements to use kernel event queue

Patrick Mochel (mochel@osdl.org)
Thu, 12 Jun 2003 16:52:58 -0700 (PDT)


> You can't do atomic_inc_and_read on 386. You can on cpus that have
> cmpxchg (e.g. later x86). You can also on machines with load-locked
> and store-conditional instructions (alpha, ppc, probably most other
> RISCs).

Damn, so be it. Ho hum, back to the spinlock I go..

-pat

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