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| author |   Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com> | 2017-12-05 12:46:35 +0200 |
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| committer |   Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2017-12-11 14:37:11 -0700 |
| commit | b6e859f6cdd1686c021dcb3e18591d0b28ce8867 (patch) | |
| tree | 4c2d00ec6d68a39f6fcf39242acf9515e66754f6 /Documentation/core-api/index.rst | |
| parent | Documentation/driver-api/usb: Replace dead link (diff) | |
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docs: refcount_t documentation
Some functions from refcount_t API provide different
memory ordering guarantees that their atomic counterparts.
This adds a document outlining these differences (
Documentation/core-api/refcount-vs-atomic.rst) as well as
some other minor improvements.
Signed-off-by: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/index.rst b/Documentation/core-api/index.rst index d5bbe035316d..d4d54b05d6c5 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-api/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/core-api/index.rst @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Core utilities kernel-api assoc_array atomic_ops + refcount-vs-atomic cpu_hotplug local_ops workqueue |