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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/atomic_bitops.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/asm-generic/bitops/lock.h | 3 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/atomic_bitops.txt b/Documentation/atomic_bitops.txt index 5550bfdcce5f..be70b32c95d9 100644 --- a/Documentation/atomic_bitops.txt +++ b/Documentation/atomic_bitops.txt @@ -58,7 +58,12 @@ Like with atomic_t, the rule of thumb is: - RMW operations that have a return value are fully ordered. -Except for test_and_set_bit_lock() which has ACQUIRE semantics and + - RMW operations that are conditional are unordered on FAILURE, + otherwise the above rules apply. In the case of test_and_{}_bit() operations, + if the bit in memory is unchanged by the operation then it is deemed to have + failed. + +Except for a successful test_and_set_bit_lock() which has ACQUIRE semantics and clear_bit_unlock() which has RELEASE semantics. Since a platform only has a single means of achieving atomic operations diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bitops/lock.h b/include/asm-generic/bitops/lock.h index bc397573c43a..67ab280ad134 100644 --- a/include/asm-generic/bitops/lock.h +++ b/include/asm-generic/bitops/lock.h @@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ * @nr: Bit to set * @addr: Address to count from * - * This operation is atomic and provides acquire barrier semantics. + * This operation is atomic and provides acquire barrier semantics if + * the returned value is 0. * It can be used to implement bit locks. */ #define test_and_set_bit_lock(nr, addr) test_and_set_bit(nr, addr) |