From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756023AbdKOH4F (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Nov 2017 02:56:05 -0500 Received: from mga01.intel.com ([192.55.52.88]:47218 "EHLO mga01.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753957AbdKOHz6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Nov 2017 02:55:58 -0500 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.44,398,1505804400"; d="scan'208";a="2834800" From: Elena Reshetova To: peterz@infradead.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, keescook@chromium.org, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, ishkamiel@gmail.com, paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com, stern@rowland.harvard.edu, Elena Reshetova Subject: [PATCH v2] refcount_t vs. atomic_t ordering differences Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 09:55:50 +0200 Message-Id: <1510732551-25547-1-git-send-email-elena.reshetova@intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Changes in v2: - typos and english are fixed based on Randy Dunlap's proof reading - structure of document improved: * definitions now in the beginning * confusing examples removed * less redundancy overall and more up-to-the-point text - definitions try to follow LKMM defined in github.com/aparri/memory-model/blob/master/Documentation/explanation.txt Elena Reshetova (1): refcount_t: documentation for memory ordering differences Documentation/refcount-vs-atomic.txt | 124 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 124 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/refcount-vs-atomic.txt -- 2.7.4