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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm/kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S index f248bbfe745..964cd717506 100644 --- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S @@ -709,7 +709,12 @@ __kuser_memory_barrier: @ 0xffff0fa0 * The C flag is also set if *ptr was changed to allow for assembly * optimization in the calling code. * - * Note: this routine already includes memory barriers as needed. + * Notes: + * + * - This routine already includes memory barriers as needed. + * + * - A failure might be transient, i.e. it is possible, although unlikely, + * that "failure" be returned even if *ptr == oldval. * * For example, a user space atomic_add implementation could look like this: * |