linux-kernel - [PATCH memory-model 08/14] docs: atomic_ops: Describe atomic

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Date:   Mon, 16 Jul 2018 11:05:59 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        mingo@...nel.org
Cc:     stern@...land.harvard.edu, parri.andrea@...il.com,
        will.deacon@....com, peterz@...radead.org, boqun.feng@...il.com,
        npiggin@...il.com, dhowells@...hat.com, j.alglave@....ac.uk,
        luc.maranget@...ia.fr, akiyks@...il.com,
        Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@....net>,
        "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH memory-model 08/14] docs: atomic_ops: Describe atomic_set as a write operation

From: Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@....net>

The atomic_set() and ATOMIC_INIT() operations are writes, so this
commit changes their description from "reads" to "writes".

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Neuschäfer <j.neuschaefer@....net>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@...rulasolutions.com>
---
 Documentation/core-api/atomic_ops.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/atomic_ops.rst b/Documentation/core-api/atomic_ops.rst
index 2e7165f86f55..724583453e1f 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/atomic_ops.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/atomic_ops.rst
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ updated by one CPU, local_t is probably more appropriate. Please see
 local_t.
 
 The first operations to implement for atomic_t's are the initializers and
-plain reads. ::
+plain writes. ::
 
 	#define ATOMIC_INIT(i)		{ (i) }
 	#define atomic_set(v, i)	((v)->counter = (i))
-- 
2.17.1