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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/spinlock.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/spinlock.h | 3 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/spinlock.h b/include/linux/spinlock.h index 576a5f77d3b..1129ee0a718 100644 --- a/include/linux/spinlock.h +++ b/include/linux/spinlock.h @@ -341,6 +341,9 @@ static inline void double_spin_unlock(spinlock_t *l1, spinlock_t *l2, * atomic_dec_and_lock - lock on reaching reference count zero * @atomic: the atomic counter * @lock: the spinlock in question + * + * Decrements @atomic by 1. If the result is 0, returns true and locks + * @lock. Returns false for all other cases. */ extern int _atomic_dec_and_lock(atomic_t *atomic, spinlock_t *lock); #define atomic_dec_and_lock(atomic, lock) \ |