[PATCH tip/core/rcu 3/4] Documentation: Memory barrier semantics of atomic_xchg()
From: Richard Braun Add atomic_xchg() to documentation for atomic operations and memory barriers. Signed-off-by: Richard Braun Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett --- Documentation/atomic_ops.txt |2 ++ Documentation/memory-barriers.txt |1 + 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt b/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt index 27f2b21..d9ca5be 100644 --- a/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt +++ b/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt @@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ This performs an atomic exchange operation on the atomic variable v, setting the given new value. It returns the old value that the atomic variable v had just before the operation. +atomic_xchg requires explicit memory barriers around the operation. + int atomic_cmpxchg(atomic_t *v, int old, int new); This performs an atomic compare exchange operation on the atomic value v, diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt index 3c4e1b3..fa5d8a9 100644 --- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt +++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt @@ -1685,6 +1685,7 @@ explicit lock operations, described later). These include: xchg(); cmpxchg(); + atomic_xchg(); atomic_cmpxchg(); atomic_inc_return(); atomic_dec_return(); -- 1.7.8 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
[PATCH tip/core/rcu 3/4] Documentation: Memory barrier semantics of atomic_xchg()
From: Richard Braun rbr...@sceen.net Add atomic_xchg() to documentation for atomic operations and memory barriers. Signed-off-by: Richard Braun rbr...@sceen.net Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney paul...@linux.vnet.ibm.com Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett j...@joshtriplett.org --- Documentation/atomic_ops.txt |2 ++ Documentation/memory-barriers.txt |1 + 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt b/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt index 27f2b21..d9ca5be 100644 --- a/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt +++ b/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt @@ -253,6 +253,8 @@ This performs an atomic exchange operation on the atomic variable v, setting the given new value. It returns the old value that the atomic variable v had just before the operation. +atomic_xchg requires explicit memory barriers around the operation. + int atomic_cmpxchg(atomic_t *v, int old, int new); This performs an atomic compare exchange operation on the atomic value v, diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt index 3c4e1b3..fa5d8a9 100644 --- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt +++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt @@ -1685,6 +1685,7 @@ explicit lock operations, described later). These include: xchg(); cmpxchg(); + atomic_xchg(); atomic_cmpxchg(); atomic_inc_return(); atomic_dec_return(); -- 1.7.8 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
