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-rw-r--r--Documentation/atomic_bitops.txt7
-rw-r--r--include/asm-generic/bitops/lock.h3
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/atomic_bitops.txt b/Documentation/atomic_bitops.txt
index 5550bfdcce5f..be70b32c95d9 100644
--- a/Documentation/atomic_bitops.txt
+++ b/Documentation/atomic_bitops.txt
@@ -58,7 +58,12 @@ Like with atomic_t, the rule of thumb is:
- RMW operations that have a return value are fully ordered.
-Except for test_and_set_bit_lock() which has ACQUIRE semantics and
+ - RMW operations that are conditional are unordered on FAILURE,
+ otherwise the above rules apply. In the case of test_and_{}_bit() operations,
+ if the bit in memory is unchanged by the operation then it is deemed to have
+ failed.
+
+Except for a successful test_and_set_bit_lock() which has ACQUIRE semantics and
clear_bit_unlock() which has RELEASE semantics.
Since a platform only has a single means of achieving atomic operations
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bitops/lock.h b/include/asm-generic/bitops/lock.h
index bc397573c43a..67ab280ad134 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/bitops/lock.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/bitops/lock.h
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
* @nr: Bit to set
* @addr: Address to count from
*
- * This operation is atomic and provides acquire barrier semantics.
+ * This operation is atomic and provides acquire barrier semantics if
+ * the returned value is 0.
* It can be used to implement bit locks.
*/
#define test_and_set_bit_lock(nr, addr) test_and_set_bit(nr, addr)