From: Arun Sharma <asharma@fb.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Arun Sharma <asharma@fb.com>,
Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] atomic: Update comments in atomic.h
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:57:10 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1308340630-16008-4-git-send-email-asharma@fb.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1308340630-16008-1-git-send-email-asharma@fb.com>
This clarifies the differences between <linux/atomic.h> and
<asm-generic/atomic.h>
Signed-off-by: Arun Sharma <asharma@fb.com>
Suggested-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@gmail.com>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
include/asm-generic/atomic.h | 4 +++-
include/linux/atomic.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/atomic.h b/include/asm-generic/atomic.h
index a8fad94..90e23ea 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/atomic.h
+++ b/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 --git a/include/linux/atomic.h b/include/linux/atomic.h
index f2e6529..9f3a4ea 100644
--- a/include/linux/atomic.h
+++ b/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>
--
1.7.4
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-17 19:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-17 19:57 [PATCH 1/4] atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> Arun Sharma
2011-06-17 19:57 ` [PATCH 2/4] atomic: move atomic_add_unless to generic code Arun Sharma
2011-06-17 19:57 ` [PATCH 3/4] atomic: cleanup asm-generic atomic*.h inclusion Arun Sharma
2011-06-17 19:57 ` Arun Sharma [this message]
2011-06-17 20:42 ` [PATCH 1/4] atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> Mike Frysinger
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