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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/atomic_ops.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/memory-barriers.txt | 1 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt b/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt index 27f2b21a9d5c..d9ca5be9b471 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 3c4e1b3b80a1..fa5d8a9ae205 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(); |