Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] Plugin APIs (again)
From: Tim Goetze (tim_AT_quitte.de)
Date: Tue Dec 10 2002 - 17:52:31 EET
Paul Davis wrote:
>no, atomic is 32 bits on x86. its only 24 bits on sparc, where
>the need to provide a spinlock to cover cache write-back effects
>forces it to 24 bits. you can do atomic exchange and compare-and-swap
>on pointers for x86.
thanks for the correction. sacrificing portability, this
makes some interesting and flexible constructs possible.
tim
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