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H A D | atomic.h | 1f51dee7 Sun Apr 17 18:16:10 CDT 2016 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> locking/atomic, arch/alpha: Implement atomic{,64}_fetch_{add,sub,and,andnot,or,xor}()
Implement FETCH-OP atomic primitives, these are very similar to the existing OP-RETURN primitives we already have, except they return the value of the atomic variable _before_ modification.
This is especially useful for irreversible operations -- such as bitops (because it becomes impossible to reconstruct the state prior to modification).
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> 1f51dee7 Sun Apr 17 18:16:10 CDT 2016 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> locking/atomic, arch/alpha: Implement atomic{,64}_fetch_{add,sub,and,andnot,or,xor}() Implement FETCH-OP atomic primitives, these are very similar to the existing OP-RETURN primitives we already have, except they return the value of the atomic variable _before_ modification. This is especially useful for irreversible operations -- such as bitops (because it becomes impossible to reconstruct the state prior to modification). Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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