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Documentation/atomic_t.txt: Clarify pure non-rmw usage
authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Fri, 24 May 2019 11:52:31 +0000 (13:52 +0200)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Mon, 3 Jun 2019 10:32:57 +0000 (12:32 +0200)
commitfff9b6c7d26943a8eb32b58364b7ec6b9369746a
tree54d08e55187dcb948012ad5948e4b6e25621351b
parent6a6a9d5fb9f26d2c2127497f3a42adbeb5ccc2a4
Documentation/atomic_t.txt: Clarify pure non-rmw usage

Clarify that pure non-RMW usage of atomic_t is pointless, there is
nothing 'magical' about atomic_set() / atomic_read().

This is something that seems to confuse people, because I happen upon it
semi-regularly.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190524115231.GN2623@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Documentation/atomic_t.txt