From 5964eae835c3b98c69d338950651f7f414f96477 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicolas Pitre Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 21:19:37 +0000 Subject: [ARM] 3310/1: add a comment about the possible __kuser_cmpxchg transient false negative Patch from Nicolas Pitre The pre ARMv5 implementation can be aborted if an exception occurs in the middle of it. Because of that, the ARMv6 implementation doesn't re-attempt the operation on a failed strex either. Let's make this transient nature of such a false positive more explicit in the definition. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre Signed-off-by: Russell King --- arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'arch') 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: * -- cgit v1.2.3