The patch titled
atomic: Update comments in atomic.h
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atomic-update-comments-in-atomich.patch
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Subject: atomic: Update comments in atomic.h
From: Arun Sharma <asharma@xxxxxx>
This clarifies the differences between <linux/atomic.h> and
<asm-generic/atomic.h>
Signed-off-by: Arun Sharma <asharma@xxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Cc: David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/asm-generic/atomic.h | 4 +++-
include/linux/atomic.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN include/asm-generic/atomic.h~atomic-update-comments-in-atomich include/asm-generic/atomic.h
--- a/include/asm-generic/atomic.h~atomic-update-comments-in-atomich
+++ a/include/asm-generic/atomic.h
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
/*
- * Generic C implementation of atomic counter operations
+ * Generic C implementation of atomic counter operations. Usable on
+ * UP systems only. Do not include in machine independent code.
+ *
* Originally implemented for MN10300.
*
* Copyright (C) 2007 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
diff -puN include/linux/atomic.h~atomic-update-comments-in-atomich include/linux/atomic.h
--- a/include/linux/atomic.h~atomic-update-comments-in-atomich
+++ a/include/linux/atomic.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* Atomic operations usable in machine independent code */
#ifndef _LINUX_ATOMIC_H
#define _LINUX_ATOMIC_H
#include <asm/atomic.h>
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from asharma@xxxxxx are
atomic-use-linux-atomich.patch
atomic-move-atomic_add_unless-to-generic-code.patch
atomic-cleanup-asm-generic-atomich-inclusion.patch
atomic-update-comments-in-atomich.patch
asm-generic-atomich-simplify-inc-dec-test-helpers.patch
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