Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 25 Feb 2003 14:11:11 -0500 (EST) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | atomic_t (24 bits???) |
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In ../linux/include/asm/atomic.h, for versions 2.4.18 and above as far as I've checked, there are repeated warnings "Note that the guaranteed useful range of an atomic_t is only 24 bits."
I fail to see any reason why as atomic_t is typdefed to a volatile int which, on ix86 seems to be 32 bits.
Does anybody know if this is just some old comments from a previous atomic_t type of, perhaps, char[3]?
Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.4.18 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips). Why is the government concerned about the lunatic fringe? Think about it.
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