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Date:      Thu, 03 Jan 2002 13:00:20 -0800
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
Cc:        Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>, Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>, Michal Mertl <mime@traveller.cz>, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely8.cicely.de>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: When to use atomic_ functions? (was: 64 bit counters)
Message-ID:  <3C34C664.653465B0@mindspring.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.33.0201031218230.65479-100000@herring.nlsystems.com>

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Doug Rabson wrote:
> Whatever you do for SMP and per-cpu stuff, you will never be able to
> safely write '++*p' on non-x86 architectures.

Which hopefully puts a big honking nail in that coffin...

-- Terry

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