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diff --git a/Documentation/atomic_bitops.txt b/Documentation/atomic_bitops.txt index d8b101c97031..edea4656c5c0 100644 --- a/Documentation/atomic_bitops.txt +++ b/Documentation/atomic_bitops.txt @@ -58,13 +58,11 @@ Like with atomic_t, the rule of thumb is: - RMW operations that have a return value are fully ordered. - - RMW operations that are conditional are unordered on FAILURE, - otherwise the above rules apply. In the case of test_and_set_bit_lock(), - if the bit in memory is unchanged by the operation then it is deemed to have - failed. + - RMW operations that are conditional are fully ordered. -Except for a successful test_and_set_bit_lock() which has ACQUIRE semantics and -clear_bit_unlock() which has RELEASE semantics. +Except for a successful test_and_set_bit_lock() which has ACQUIRE semantics, +clear_bit_unlock() which has RELEASE semantics and test_bit_acquire which has +ACQUIRE semantics. Since a platform only has a single means of achieving atomic operations the same barriers as for atomic_t are used, see atomic_t.txt. |