From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 12:19:47 +0200 > Implement FETCH-OP atomic primitives, these are very similar to the > existing OP-RETURN primitives we already have, except they return the > value of the atomic variable _before_ modification. > > This is especially useful for irreversible operations -- such as > bitops (because it becomes impossible to reconstruct the state prior > to modification). > > Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
