*        What the above comment does talk about? --ANK(980817)
         */
 
-       if (atomic_read(&unix_tot_inflight))
+       if (unix_tot_inflight)
                unix_gc();              /* Garbage collect fds */
 
        return 0;
 
 static LIST_HEAD(gc_candidates);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(unix_gc_lock);
 
-atomic_t unix_tot_inflight = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+unsigned int unix_tot_inflight;
 
 
 static struct sock *unix_get_socket(struct file *filp)
                } else {
                        BUG_ON(list_empty(&u->link));
                }
-               atomic_inc(&unix_tot_inflight);
+               unix_tot_inflight++;
                spin_unlock(&unix_gc_lock);
        }
 }
                BUG_ON(list_empty(&u->link));
                if (atomic_dec_and_test(&u->inflight))
                        list_del_init(&u->link);
-               atomic_dec(&unix_tot_inflight);
+               unix_tot_inflight--;
                spin_unlock(&unix_gc_lock);
        }
 }