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Diffstat (limited to 'ipc/util.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | ipc/util.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ipc/util.c b/ipc/util.c index ff045fec8d83..4ed5a17dd06f 100644 --- a/ipc/util.c +++ b/ipc/util.c @@ -23,9 +23,12 @@ * tree. * - perform initial checks (capabilities, auditing and permission, * etc). - * - perform read-only operations, such as STAT, INFO commands. + * - perform read-only operations, such as INFO command, that + * do not demand atomicity * acquire the ipc lock (kern_ipc_perm.lock) through * ipc_lock_object() + * - perform read-only operations that demand atomicity, + * such as STAT command. * - perform data updates, such as SET, RMID commands and * mechanism-specific operations (semop/semtimedop, * msgsnd/msgrcv, shmat/shmdt). |