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    lockref: use cmpxchg64 explicitly for lockless updates · 8f4c3446
    Will Deacon authored
    
    
    The cmpxchg() function tends not to support 64-bit arguments on 32-bit
    architectures.  This could be either due to use of unsigned long
    arguments (like on ARM) or lack of instruction support (cmpxchgq on
    x86).  However, these architectures may implement a specific cmpxchg64()
    function to provide 64-bit cmpxchg support instead.
    
    Since the lockref code requires a 64-bit cmpxchg and relies on the
    architecture selecting ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF, move to using cmpxchg64
    instead of cmpxchg and allow 32-bit architectures to make use of the
    lockless lockref implementation.
    
    Cc: Waiman Long <Waiman.Long@hp.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarWill Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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