[Gluster-devel] Update on mgmt_v3-locks.t failure in netbsd

[Atin Mukherjee]

On 04/28/2015 06:08 PM, Vijay Bellur wrote:
> On 04/28/2015 05:48 PM, Kaushal M wrote:
>> AFAIU we've not officially supported 32-bit architectures for sometime
>> (possibly for ever) as a community. But we had users running it
>> anyway.
>>
>> 3.7 as it is currently, cannot run on 32-bit platforms. I've used
>> atomic operations which depend on specific processor instructions, to
>> increment a 64-bit (uint64_t) generation number. This is not possible
>> on 32-bit platforms.
>>
>> I'm currently debating with myself and others around me, if we can be
>> satisfied with using a 32-bit generation number. I used a 64-bit
>> generation number, just to give us the widest possible range before
>> running out. But a 32-bit generation number should be more than enough
>> for normal usage.
>>
>> I'll update the list once we come to a decision.
>>
> 
> Let us retain support for 32-bit platforms. Though as developers we do
> not run many tests on non 64-bit platforms, it would be not be good to
> break compatibility for 32-bit platforms as we have many community users
> running this
To get rid of all this fuss, I think its better to use uint32_t instead
of unint64_t.
> 
> -Vijay
> 
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~Atin