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| author | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2015-12-15 14:52:16 -0300 |
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| committer | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2015-12-15 14:52:16 -0300 |
| commit | 8d91c1e411f55d7ea91b1183a2e9f8088fb4d5be (patch) | |
| tree | e9891aa6c295060d065adffd610c4f49ecf884f3 /Documentation/atomic_ops.txt | |
| parent | a71852147516bc1cb5b0b3cbd13639bfd4022dc8 (diff) | |
Linux-libre 4.3.2-gnu
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diff --git a/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt b/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt index dab6da338..b19fc34ef 100644 --- a/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt +++ b/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt @@ -266,7 +266,9 @@ with the given old and new values. Like all atomic_xxx operations, atomic_cmpxchg will only satisfy its atomicity semantics as long as all other accesses of *v are performed through atomic_xxx operations. -atomic_cmpxchg must provide explicit memory barriers around the operation. +atomic_cmpxchg must provide explicit memory barriers around the operation, +although if the comparison fails then no memory ordering guarantees are +required. The semantics for atomic_cmpxchg are the same as those defined for 'cas' below. |