| commit | 74beb9db77930be476b267ec8518a642f39a04bf | |
| author | Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca> | |
| Wed, 17 Oct 2007 06:29:28 +0000 (16 23:29 -0700) | ||
| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | |
| Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:42:56 +0000 (17 08:42 -0700) | ||
| tree | 49cc3c01fe006e85917714a0ba2202293309a645 | treesnapshot (tar.gz zip) |
| parent | 8e3f715a7f004ceb6451cf86101d6e2546eea883 | commitdiff |
local_t Documentation update 2
Grant Grundler was asking for more detail about correct usage of local
atomic operations and suggested adding the resulting summary to
local_ops.txt.
"Please add a bit more detail. If DaveM is correct (he normally is), then
there must be limits on how the local_t can be used in the kernel process
and interrupt contexts. I'd like those rules spelled out very clearly
since it's easy to get wrong and tracking down such a bug is quite
painful."
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Signed-off-by: Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Grant Grundler was asking for more detail about correct usage of local
atomic operations and suggested adding the resulting summary to
local_ops.txt.
"Please add a bit more detail. If DaveM is correct (he normally is), then
there must be limits on how the local_t can be used in the kernel process
and interrupt contexts. I'd like those rules spelled out very clearly
since it's easy to get wrong and tracking down such a bug is quite
painful."
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
Signed-off-by: Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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