Merge branch 'for-rmk' of git://linux-arm.org/linux-2.6

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/atomic.h
index 9ed2377fe8e..d0daeab2234 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -19,31 +19,21 @@
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
+/*
+ * On ARM, ordinary assignment (str instruction) doesn't clear the local
+ * strex/ldrex monitor on some implementations. The reason we can use it for
+ * atomic_set() is the clrex or dummy strex done on every exception return.
+ */
 #define atomic_read(v)	((v)->counter)
+#define atomic_set(v,i)	(((v)->counter) = (i))
 
 #if __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ >= 6
 
 /*
  * ARMv6 UP and SMP safe atomic ops.  We use load exclusive and
  * store exclusive to ensure that these are atomic.  We may loop
- * to ensure that the update happens.  Writing to 'v->counter'
- * without using the following operations WILL break the atomic
- * nature of these ops.
+ * to ensure that the update happens.
  */
-static inline void atomic_set(atomic_t *v, int i)
-{
-	unsigned long tmp;
-
-	__asm__ __volatile__("@ atomic_set\n"
-"1:	ldrex	%0, [%1]\n"
-"	strex	%0, %2, [%1]\n"
-"	teq	%0, #0\n"
-"	bne	1b"
-	: "=&r" (tmp)
-	: "r" (&v->counter), "r" (i)
-	: "cc");
-}
-
 static inline void atomic_add(int i, atomic_t *v)
 {
 	unsigned long tmp;
@@ -163,8 +153,6 @@ static inline void atomic_clear_mask(unsigned long mask, unsigned long *addr)
 #error SMP not supported on pre-ARMv6 CPUs
 #endif
 
-#define atomic_set(v,i)	(((v)->counter) = (i))
-
 static inline int atomic_add_return(int i, atomic_t *v)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;