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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-05-31 05:46:45 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-05-31 05:46:45 -0700
commit64960848abd18d0bcde3f53ffa7ed0b631e6b25d (patch)
tree8424a1c550a98ce09f127425fde9b7b5f2f5027a /include/asm-generic/atomic.h
parent2903037400a26e7c0cc93ab75a7d62abfacdf485 (diff)
parent67a3e12b05e055c0415c556a315a3d3eb637e29e (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/
Diffstat (limited to 'include/asm-generic/atomic.h')
-rw-r--r--include/asm-generic/atomic.h8
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/atomic.h b/include/asm-generic/atomic.h
index c33749f95b3..058129e9b04 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/atomic.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/atomic.h
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@
* atomic_read - read atomic variable
* @v: pointer of type atomic_t
*
- * Atomically reads the value of @v. Note that the guaranteed
- * useful range of an atomic_t is only 24 bits.
+ * Atomically reads the value of @v.
*/
#define atomic_read(v) (*(volatile int *)&(v)->counter)
@@ -40,8 +39,7 @@
* @v: pointer of type atomic_t
* @i: required value
*
- * Atomically sets the value of @v to @i. Note that the guaranteed
- * useful range of an atomic_t is only 24 bits.
+ * Atomically sets the value of @v to @i.
*/
#define atomic_set(v, i) (((v)->counter) = (i))
@@ -53,7 +51,6 @@
* @v: pointer of type atomic_t
*
* Atomically adds @i to @v and returns the result
- * Note that the guaranteed useful range of an atomic_t is only 24 bits.
*/
static inline int atomic_add_return(int i, atomic_t *v)
{
@@ -75,7 +72,6 @@ static inline int atomic_add_return(int i, atomic_t *v)
* @v: pointer of type atomic_t
*
* Atomically subtracts @i from @v and returns the result
- * Note that the guaranteed useful range of an atomic_t is only 24 bits.
*/
static inline int atomic_sub_return(int i, atomic_t *v)
{