[PATCH v2 2/2] ARM: include: asm: use 'int' instead of 'unsigned long' for 'oldval' in atomic_cmpxchg().
Will Deacon
will.deacon at arm.com
Wed Oct 9 06:48:59 EDT 2013
On Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 11:59:15AM +0100, Chen Gang wrote:
> For atomic_cmpxchg(), the type of 'oldval' need be 'int' to match the
> type of "*ptr" (used by 'ldrex' instruction) and 'old' (used by 'teq'
> instruction).
>
> Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen at asianux.com>
> ---
> arch/arm/include/asm/atomic.h | 3 ++-
> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/atomic.h
> index a715ac0..9ee7e01 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/atomic.h
> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/atomic.h
> @@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ static inline int atomic_sub_return(int i, atomic_t *v)
>
> static inline int atomic_cmpxchg(atomic_t *ptr, int old, int new)
> {
> - unsigned long oldval, res;
> + int oldval;
> + unsigned long res;
>
> smp_mb();
As discussed, this is completely cosmetic, but does at least keep the file
consistent.
Reviewed-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
Will
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