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-rw-r--r--include/asm-i386/atomic.h11
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/atomic.h b/include/asm-i386/atomic.h
index b9fd03cef51..0baa2f89463 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/atomic.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/atomic.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static __inline__ void atomic_add(int i, atomic_t *v)
}
/**
- * atomic_sub - subtract the atomic variable
+ * atomic_sub - subtract integer from atomic variable
* @i: integer value to subtract
* @v: pointer of type atomic_t
*
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static __inline__ int atomic_add_negative(int i, atomic_t *v)
}
/**
- * atomic_add_return - add and return
+ * atomic_add_return - add integer and return
* @v: pointer of type atomic_t
* @i: integer value to add
*
@@ -203,6 +203,13 @@ no_xadd: /* Legacy 386 processor */
#endif
}
+/**
+ * atomic_sub_return - subtract integer and return
+ * @v: pointer of type atomic_t
+ * @i: integer value to subtract
+ *
+ * Atomically subtracts @i from @v and returns @v - @i
+ */
static __inline__ int atomic_sub_return(int i, atomic_t *v)
{
return atomic_add_return(-i,v);