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Kernel v2.6.25 /Documentation/atomic_ops.txt

Filename:/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt
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Also changed in: (Previous) 2.6.25-rc9  2.6.25-rc8  2.6.25-rc7  2.6.25-rc6  2.6.25-rc5  2.6.25-rc4 
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diff --git a/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt b/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt
index f20c10c..4ef2450 100644
--- a/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt
+++ b/Documentation/atomic_ops.txt
@@ -186,7 +186,8 @@ If the atomic value v is not equal to u, this function adds a to v, and
 returns non zero. If v is equal to u then it returns zero. This is done as
 an atomic operation.
 
-atomic_add_unless requires explicit memory barriers around the operation.
+atomic_add_unless requires explicit memory barriers around the operation
+unless it fails (returns 0).
 
 atomic_inc_not_zero, equivalent to atomic_add_unless(v, 1, 0)
 


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