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| author | Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com> | 2017-12-05 13:46:35 +0300 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2017-12-12 00:37:11 +0300 |
| commit | b6e859f6cdd1686c021dcb3e18591d0b28ce8867 (patch) | |
| tree | 4c2d00ec6d68a39f6fcf39242acf9515e66754f6 /Documentation/driver-api | |
| parent | 3ece7805105ef5967fd88547ac958c6d59329e9c (diff) | |
| download | linux-b6e859f6cdd1686c021dcb3e18591d0b28ce8867.tar.xz | |
docs: refcount_t documentation
Some functions from refcount_t API provide different
memory ordering guarantees that their atomic counterparts.
This adds a document outlining these differences (
Documentation/core-api/refcount-vs-atomic.rst) as well as
some other minor improvements.
Signed-off-by: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/driver-api')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/driver-api/basics.rst | 21 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/basics.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/basics.rst index 73fa7d42bbba..826e85d50a16 100644 --- a/Documentation/driver-api/basics.rst +++ b/Documentation/driver-api/basics.rst @@ -13,12 +13,6 @@ Driver device table .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/mod_devicetable.h :internal: -Atomic and pointer manipulation -------------------------------- - -.. kernel-doc:: arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h - :internal: - Delaying, scheduling, and timer routines ---------------------------------------- @@ -85,6 +79,21 @@ Internal Functions .. kernel-doc:: kernel/kthread.c :export: +Reference counting +------------------ + +.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/refcount.h + :internal: + +.. kernel-doc:: lib/refcount.c + :export: + +Atomics +------- + +.. kernel-doc:: arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h + :internal: + Kernel objects manipulation --------------------------- |