seqlock: Better document raw_write_seqcount_latch()
authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Wed, 27 May 2015 01:39:36 +0000 (11:09 +0930)
committerRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Thu, 28 May 2015 02:02:04 +0000 (11:32 +0930)
Improve the documentation of the latch technique as used in the
current timekeeping code, such that it can be readily employed
elsewhere.

Borrow from the comments in timekeeping and replace those with a
reference to this more generic comment.

Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
Cc: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Acked-by: Michel Lespinasse <walken@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
include/linux/seqlock.h
kernel/time/timekeeping.c

Simple merge
Simple merge