atomic operations in user space

[Arnd Bergmann]

Am Tuesday 22 August 2006 22:50 schrieb Xupei Liang:
> #include <asm-ppc/atomic.h>
>
> int main()
> {
>         atomic_t atom;
>
>         atomic_add(1, &atom);
>         return (0);
> }
>
> I am able to compile it and the atomic_add seems to be
> translated into the correct instructions. Can anybody
> please confirm? Thanks.

No, you can't do that, the kernel headers are not generally
working in user space, recent kernel versions protect you
from doing this.

If you don't have a library providing you with atomic operations,
you can copy the inline functions from the kernel, which will
work fine, but require that your app is GPL licensed.

	Arnd <><