linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 20/20] arch: Rewrite generic atomic support

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Date:	Thu, 8 May 2014 20:26:42 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	mingo@...nel.org, will.deacon@....com, paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 20/20] arch: Rewrite generic atomic support

On Thu, May 08, 2014 at 05:24:01PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> >  
> > -/**
> > - * atomic_add_return - add integer to atomic variable
> > - * @i: integer value to add
> > - * @v: pointer of type atomic_t
> > - *
> > - * Atomically adds @i to @v and returns the result
> > - */
> For people not starign at kernel code every days these sparse comments
> is a help. If anything they should be improved rather than deleted.

Does something like this help? Its a bit tedious to have to repeat the
comment while we just collapsed all the implementations.


--- a/include/asm-generic/atomic.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/atomic.h
@@ -18,6 +18,23 @@
 #include <asm/cmpxchg.h>
 #include <asm/barrier.h>
 
+/*
+ * atomic_$op() - $op integer to atomic variable
+ * @i: integer value to $op
+ * @v: pointer to the atomic variable
+ *
+ * Atomically $ops @i to @v. Does not strictly guarantee a memory-barrier, use
+ * smp_mb__{before,after}_atomic().
+ */
+
+/*
+ * atomic_$op_return() - $op interer to atomic variable and returns the result
+ * @i: integer value to $op
+ * @v: pointer to the atomic variable
+ *
+ * Atomically $ops @i to @v. Does imply a full memory barrier.
+ */
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 
 /* we can build all atomic primitives from cmpxchg */
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