linux/Documentation
Oleg Nesterov 02c608c1fe documentation: atomic_add_unless() doesn't imply mb() on failure
(sorry for being offtpoic, but while experts are here...)

A "typical" implementation of atomic_add_unless() can return 0 immediately
after the first atomic_read() (before doing cmpxchg). In that case it doesn't
provide any barrier semantics. See include/asm-ia64/atomic.h as an example.

We should either change the implementation, or fix the docs.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
Acked-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-23 17:52:36 -08:00
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ABI Enhanced partition statistics: documentation update 2008-02-08 12:42:11 +01:00
DocBook docbook: drop z85230 library from kernel-api 2008-02-13 16:21:19 -08:00
RCU remove final fastcall users 2008-02-13 16:21:18 -08:00
accounting getdelays: fix gcc warnings 2008-02-08 09:22:41 -08:00
acpi Merge branches 'release' and 'dsdt-override' into release 2008-02-07 04:01:53 -05:00
aoe aoe: user can ask driver to forget previously detected devices 2008-02-08 09:22:31 -08:00
arm fix typo 'the same the\>' 2008-02-03 14:59:11 +02:00
auxdisplay
blackfin
block Add Documentation/block/00-INDEX 2007-10-16 10:11:28 +02:00
cdrom Convert files to UTF-8 and some cleanups 2007-10-19 23:21:04 +02:00
connector some kmalloc/memset ->kzalloc (tree wide) 2007-07-19 10:04:50 -07:00
console Typo: fro -> from 2007-07-19 10:04:47 -07:00
controllers memcgroup: fix and update documentation 2008-02-23 17:13:25 -08:00
cpu-freq [ARM] pxa: add cpufreq support 2008-01-26 15:07:52 +00:00
cpuidle cpuidle: Add Documentation 2008-02-14 00:16:13 -05:00
cris
crypto [CRYPTO] doc: Update api-intro.txt 2008-01-11 08:16:14 +11:00
device-mapper dm: uevent generate events 2007-10-20 02:01:26 +01:00
driver-model Driver core: Update some prototypes in platform.txt 2008-02-02 15:14:49 -08:00
dvb V4L/DVB (7077): bt878: remove handcrafted PCI subsystem ID check 2008-01-25 19:05:22 -02:00
early-userspace docs: ramdisk/initrd/initramfs corrections 2007-10-17 08:42:56 -07:00
fault-injection fault-injection: fix example scripts in documentation 2007-07-16 09:05:45 -07:00
fb fb: defio nopage 2008-02-06 10:41:15 -08:00
filesystems mount options: add documentation 2008-02-08 09:22:39 -08:00
firmware_class doc firmware_sample_firmware_class.c: kmalloc + memset conversion to kzalloc 2007-10-17 08:42:50 -07:00
frv move frv docs one level up 2008-02-03 15:54:28 +02:00
hrtimer Add a flag to indicate deferrable timers in /proc/timer_stats 2007-07-16 09:05:45 -07:00
hrtimers
hwmon hwmon: New driver for Analog Devices ADT7473 sensor chip 2008-02-18 21:51:29 -05:00
i2c hwmon: Update the lm-sensors website address 2008-02-07 20:39:42 -05:00
i2o
i386 x86: docs fixes to Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt 2008-02-19 16:18:33 +01:00
ia64 [IA64] aliasing-test: fix gcc warnings on non-ia64 2008-02-04 15:23:10 -08:00
ide ide-tape: move historical changelog to Documentation/ide/ChangeLog.ide-tape.1995-2002 2008-02-02 19:56:48 +01:00
infiniband IB/umad: Add P_Key index support 2007-10-09 19:59:15 -07:00
input Input: fix bug in example code 2008-01-21 01:11:07 -05:00
ioctl
isdn spelling fixes: Documentation/ 2007-10-20 01:30:25 +02:00
ja_JP Fix broken utf-8 encodings in ja_JP translation of stable_kernel_rules.txt 2008-02-21 15:27:06 -08:00
kbuild kconfig: document use of HAVE_* 2008-01-28 23:21:19 +01:00
kdump Add documentation for extended crashkernel syntax 2007-10-19 11:53:51 -07:00
ko_KR HOWTO: update misspelling and word incorrected 2007-12-17 10:33:19 -08:00
laptops ACPI: thinkpad-acpi: add tablet-mode reporting 2008-02-16 00:34:06 -05:00
lguest virtio: reset function 2008-02-04 23:50:03 +11:00
m68k [SCSI] 53c7xx: fix removal fallout 2008-01-11 18:22:30 -06:00
make Documentation/make/headers_install.txt 2007-10-17 08:43:05 -07:00
mips [MIPS] remove Documentation/mips/GT64120.README 2008-01-29 10:15:05 +00:00
mn10300 mn10300: add the MN10300/AM33 architecture to the kernel 2008-02-08 09:22:30 -08:00
namespaces The namespaces compatibility list doc 2007-11-29 09:24:53 -08:00
netlabel
networking Documentation: fix tcp.txt 2008-02-17 22:21:04 -08:00
parisc
pcmcia pcmcia: replace kio_addr_t with unsigned int everywhere 2008-02-05 09:44:08 -08:00
power PM: Introduce PM_EVENT_HIBERNATE callback state 2008-02-23 10:40:04 -08:00
powerpc Merge branch 'virtex-for-2.6.25' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6-virtex into for-2.6.25 2008-02-06 21:06:45 -06:00
s390 [S390] cio: Dump ccw device information in case of timeout. 2008-01-26 14:10:55 +01:00
scheduler Documentation: create new scheduler/ subdirectory 2008-02-07 08:42:17 -08:00
scsi [SCSI] arcmsr: updates (1.20.00.15) 2008-02-07 18:02:44 -06:00
serial
sh
sound [ALSA] hda-codec - Add Dell T3400 support 2008-01-31 17:30:22 +01:00
sparc [SPARC/64]: Prepare to remove of_platform_driver name. 2007-10-13 21:53:11 -07:00
spi Convert files to UTF-8 and some cleanups 2007-10-19 23:21:04 +02:00
sysctl Documentation: sysctl/kernel.txt: fix documentation reference 2008-02-13 16:21:20 -08:00
telephony Add a 00-INDEX file to Documentation/telephony/ 2007-10-17 08:43:05 -07:00
thermal ACPI: thermal: syntax, spelling, kernel-doc 2008-02-07 23:48:04 -05:00
uml
usb USB: add Printer Gadget Driver 2008-02-01 14:34:49 -08:00
video4linux V4L/DVB (7192): Adds support for Genius TVGo A11MCE 2008-02-18 11:15:19 -03:00
vm slabinfo: fall back from /sys/kernel/slab to /sys/slab 2008-02-21 15:27:06 -08:00
w1 w1-gpio: add GPIO w1 bus master driver 2008-02-06 10:41:15 -08:00
watchdog [WATCHDOG] clarify watchdog operation in documentation 2008-01-18 21:23:05 +00:00
x86_64 documentation: add Documentation/x86-64/00-INDEX 2008-02-04 16:48:02 +01:00
zh_CN Chinese: add translation of Codingstyle 2008-01-24 20:40:04 -08:00
00-INDEX cpuidle: Add Documentation 2008-02-14 00:16:13 -05:00
BUG-HUNTING Documentation: add hint about call traces & module symbols to BUG-HUNTING 2008-02-06 10:41:09 -08:00
Changes [x86 setup] Document grub < 0.93 as broken 2007-08-02 13:50:43 -04:00
CodingStyle CodingStyle: relax the 80-cole rule 2007-10-17 08:42:55 -07:00
DMA-API.txt dma_free_coherent() needs irqs enabled (sigh) 2007-10-12 15:03:15 -07:00
DMA-ISA-LPC.txt
DMA-mapping.txt Update DMA-mapping documentation 2007-10-17 08:43:06 -07:00
HOWTO Change man-pages maintainer address 2007-10-17 08:43:01 -07:00
IO-mapping.txt
IPMI.txt IPMI: new NMI handling 2007-10-18 14:37:32 -07:00
IRQ-affinity.txt
IRQ.txt
Intel-IOMMU.txt Intel IOMMU: Iommu Gfx workaround 2007-10-22 08:13:19 -07:00
MSI-HOWTO.txt PCI: Remove no longer correct documentation regarding MSI vector assignment 2007-10-12 15:03:16 -07:00
ManagementStyle Fix this Paul Simon song's name 2007-09-13 08:11:10 -07:00
PCIEBUS-HOWTO.txt
README.DAC960
README.cycladesZ
SAK.txt
SM501.txt Tweak Documentation/SM501.txt 2007-10-17 08:43:06 -07:00
SecurityBugs
Smack.txt Smack: Simplified Mandatory Access Control Kernel 2008-02-05 09:44:20 -08:00
SubmitChecklist Documentation: prune redundant SubmitChecklist items 2008-02-13 16:21:18 -08:00
SubmittingDrivers Update 2.4 maintainer in document 2007-10-20 02:02:12 +02:00
SubmittingPatches Documentation: mention email-clients.txt in SubmittingPatches 2008-02-03 18:06:58 +02:00
VGA-softcursor.txt
applying-patches.txt
atomic_ops.txt documentation: atomic_add_unless() doesn't imply mb() on failure 2008-02-23 17:52:36 -08:00
basic_profiling.txt
binfmt_misc.txt
cachetlb.txt remove unused flush_tlb_pgtables 2007-10-19 11:53:34 -07:00
cciss.txt
cgroups.txt cgroup: fix and update documentation 2008-02-23 17:13:24 -08:00
cli-sti-removal.txt
computone.txt
cpqarray.txt
cpu-hotplug.txt [S390] Get rid of additional_cpus kernel parameter. 2008-01-26 14:11:15 +01:00
cpu-load.txt
cpusets.txt cpuset: trivial documentation fix s/N_MEMORY/N_HIGH_MEMORY/ 2008-02-23 17:12:14 -08:00
cputopology.txt
dcdbas.txt
debugging-modules.txt Documentation: Clarify when module debugging actually works. 2008-02-03 15:27:38 +02:00
debugging-via-ohci1394.txt x86: early boot debugging via FireWire (ohci1394_dma=early) 2008-01-30 13:34:11 +01:00
dell_rbu.txt
devices.txt typo fixes 2007-10-20 01:34:40 +02:00
digiepca.txt
dontdiff [SCSI] 53c7xx: fix removal fallout 2008-01-11 18:22:30 -06:00
edac.txt move edac.txt two levels up 2008-02-07 08:42:17 -08:00
eisa.txt
email-clients.txt email-clients.txt: sylpheed is OK at IMAP 2008-02-07 08:42:17 -08:00
exception.txt
feature-removal-schedule.txt Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-x86 2008-02-09 23:29:57 -08:00
floppy.txt
gpio.txt gpiolib: update Documentation/gpio.txt 2008-02-05 09:44:13 -08:00
hayes-esp.txt
highuid.txt
hpet.txt hpet.txt: broken link fix 2007-07-31 15:39:42 -07:00
hw_random.txt
ide.txt ide: remove broken disk byte-swapping support 2008-01-26 20:13:09 +01:00
initrd.txt use the newc archive format as requested by initramfs 2008-02-03 14:54:41 +02:00
io_ordering.txt
ioctl-number.txt ocfs2: Reserve ioctl range 2008-01-25 14:48:57 -08:00
iostats.txt Enhanced partition statistics: documentation update 2008-02-08 12:42:11 +01:00
irqflags-tracing.txt
isapnp.txt
java.txt Documentation/java.txt: typo and grammar fixes 2007-10-20 02:37:21 +02:00
kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
kernel-docs.txt typo fixes 2007-10-20 01:34:40 +02:00
kernel-parameters.txt libata: implement libata.force module parameter 2008-02-20 12:12:28 -05:00
keys-request-key.txt KEYS: Make request_key() and co fundamentally asynchronous 2007-10-17 08:42:57 -07:00
keys.txt KEYS: Make request_key() and co fundamentally asynchronous 2007-10-17 08:42:57 -07:00
kobject.txt kobject: update the kobject/kset documentation 2008-01-24 20:40:41 -08:00
kprobes.txt remove final fastcall users 2008-02-13 16:21:18 -08:00
kref.txt docs: convert kref semaphore to mutex 2008-02-06 10:41:09 -08:00
laptop-mode.txt
ldm.txt
leds-class.txt leds: Add support for hardware accelerated LED flashing 2008-02-07 09:49:38 +00:00
local_ops.txt Revert "local_t Documentation update" 2008-01-17 15:38:59 -08:00
lockdep-design.txt
lockstat.txt lockstat: documentation 2007-10-07 16:28:43 -07:00
logo.gif
logo.txt
magic-number.txt
markers.txt Linux Kernel Markers: document format string 2007-11-14 18:45:40 -08:00
mca.txt
md.txt md: allow a maximum extent to be set for resyncing 2008-02-06 10:41:18 -08:00
memory-barriers.txt documentation: atomic_add_unless() doesn't imply mb() on failure 2008-02-23 17:52:36 -08:00
memory-hotplug.txt memory hotplug: document the memory hotplug notifier 2007-10-22 08:13:17 -07:00
memory.txt
mono.txt
moxa-smartio
mtrr.txt
mutex-design.txt Documentation: Add nested versions of mutex locks to docs 2007-10-20 00:15:26 +02:00
nbd.txt
nfsroot.txt [IPV4] ipconfig: Fix regression in ip command line processing 2008-01-08 23:29:58 -08:00
nmi_watchdog.txt
nommu-mmap.txt
numastat.txt
oops-tracing.txt Report that kernel is tainted if there was an OOPS 2007-07-17 10:23:02 -07:00
paride.txt
parport-lowlevel.txt plip: fix parport_register_device name parameter 2007-11-26 19:39:01 -08:00
parport.txt
pci-error-recovery.txt
pci.txt PCI: Remove pci_enable_device_bars() from documentation 2008-02-01 15:04:28 -08:00
pcieaer-howto.txt
pi-futex.txt
pm.txt
pm_qos_interface.txt pm qos infrastructure and interface 2008-02-05 09:44:22 -08:00
pnp.txt Documentation: Replace obsolete "driverfs" with "sysfs". 2008-01-24 20:40:04 -08:00
power_supply_class.txt power_supply: add few more values and props 2008-02-02 02:43:00 +03:00
preempt-locking.txt
prio_tree.txt
ramdisk.txt Remove final traces of long-deprecated "ramdisk" kernel parm 2007-10-17 08:42:56 -07:00
rbtree.txt
rfkill.txt [RFKILL]: Add rfkill documentation 2007-10-10 16:49:24 -07:00
riscom8.txt
robust-futex-ABI.txt
robust-futexes.txt
rocket.txt
rpc-cache.txt
rt-mutex-design.txt
rt-mutex.txt
rtc.txt rtc: cleanup example code 2008-02-06 10:41:14 -08:00
sched-rt-group.txt sched: rt-group: interface 2008-02-13 15:45:39 +01:00
serial-console.txt
sgi-ioc4.txt
sgi-visws.txt
smart-config.txt
sparse.txt
specialix.txt
spinlocks.txt docs: static initialization of spinlocks is OK 2007-07-16 09:05:52 -07:00
stable_api_nonsense.txt stable_api_nonsense.txt: Disambiguate the use of "this" by using "that" to refer to the syscall interface 2007-07-30 14:25:12 -07:00
stable_kernel_rules.txt stable_kernel_rules: fix must already be in mainline 2008-02-21 15:27:07 -08:00
stallion.txt
svga.txt
sx.txt
sysfs-rules.txt Fix Doc/sysfs-rules typos 2007-07-30 14:25:12 -07:00
sysrq.txt sysrq docs: document sequence that actually works 2007-10-07 16:28:43 -07:00
tty.txt termios: document callback more clearly 2007-11-29 09:24:52 -08:00
unaligned-memory-access.txt Documentation about unaligned memory access 2008-02-06 10:41:07 -08:00
unicode.txt
unshare.txt
video-output.txt
volatile-considered-harmful.txt
voyager.txt
zorro.txt

README.cycladesZ

The Cyclades-Z must have firmware loaded onto the card before it will
operate.  This operation should be performed during system startup,

The firmware, loader program and the latest device driver code are
available from Cyclades at
    ftp://ftp.cyclades.com/pub/cyclades/cyclades-z/linux/