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Date:      Sun, 23 Mar 2003 17:12:07 -0800
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>
To:        Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@attbi.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: atomic_dec_and_test() in FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <20030324011207.GA3985@itanium.pn.xcllnt.net>
In-Reply-To: <20030323233717.GA76063@attbi.com>
References:  <20030323233717.GA76063@attbi.com>

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On Sun, Mar 23, 2003 at 06:37:17PM -0500, Craig Rodrigues wrote:
> 
> APR makes use of a function in Linux called
> atomic_dec_and_test which is described here:
*snip*
> Is there a way that I can use the existing <machine/atomic.h>
> FreeBSD macros to achieve the equivalent of atomic_dec_and_test?

Probably not a good idea. You're much better off implementing it
on your own. Your requirements are likely to be different from
those of the kernel.

-- 
 Marcel Moolenaar	  USPA: A-39004		 marcel@xcllnt.net

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