linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH locking/atomic 19/19] docs: Add atomic operations to the driver basic API documentation

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Message-ID: <ZGtgUGSmlWk+5Pow@FVFF77S0Q05N>
Date:   Mon, 22 May 2023 13:30:16 +0100
From:   Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
To:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>
Cc:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        x86@...nel.org, akiyks@...il.com, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-team@...a.com, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH locking/atomic 19/19] docs: Add atomic operations to the
 driver basic API documentation

On Wed, May 17, 2023 at 03:10:44AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 02:33:29PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> > On Wed, May 10, 2023 at 11:17:17AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > Add the include/linux/atomic/atomic-arch-fallback.h file to the
> > > driver-api/basics.rst in order to provide documentation for the Linux
> > > kernel's atomic operations.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> 
> Thank you, Kees, I will apply on my next rebase.
> 
> Given Mark's ongoing atomics rework, a later version of this patch is
> likely to remove ".. kernel-doc:: arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h" from
> that same file.  (One of the benefits of Mark's rework is that all the
> kernel-doc headers can be in the same file.)

FWIW, I retained that in the series I just posted at:

  https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230522122429.1915021-1-mark.rutland@arm.com/

... which drops ".. kernel-doc:: arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h" as mentioned
above.

Please let me know if you'd like that R-b dropped.

Thanks,
Mark.