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authorMike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>2011-07-26 16:09:10 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-07-26 16:49:47 -0700
commitf6081bd3f8152cdd3d857f55631bbb4b72182b82 (patch)
treefa6cf9b5432ea33d8182d2a64465d28ecfc13315 /include
parent3eea44ea753923c6af90be808426ecddc482de61 (diff)
asm-generic/atomic.h: fix type used in atomic_clear_mask
The atomic helpers are supposed to take an atomic_t pointer, not a random unsigned long pointer. So convert atomic_clear_mask over. While we're here, also add some nice documentation to the func. Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> Cc: Arun Sharma <asharma@fb.com> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r--include/asm-generic/atomic.h11
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/atomic.h b/include/asm-generic/atomic.h
index 2a23da03365..4e8ecf0693e 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/atomic.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/atomic.h
@@ -140,13 +140,20 @@ static inline int __atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
return c;
}
-static inline void atomic_clear_mask(unsigned long mask, unsigned long *addr)
+/**
+ * atomic_clear_mask - Atomically clear bits in atomic variable
+ * @mask: Mask of the bits to be cleared
+ * @v: pointer of type atomic_t
+ *
+ * Atomically clears the bits set in @mask from @v
+ */
+static inline void atomic_clear_mask(unsigned long mask, atomic_t *v)
{
unsigned long flags;
mask = ~mask;
raw_local_irq_save(flags); /* Don't trace it in a irqsoff handler */
- *addr &= mask;
+ v->counter &= mask;
raw_local_irq_restore(flags);
}