[PATCH] drm/i915/pmu: Use local64_try_cmpxchg in i915_pmu_event_read
Jani Nikula
jani.nikula at linux.intel.com
Tue Jul 4 08:37:04 UTC 2023
On Tue, 04 Jul 2023, Uros Bizjak <ubizjak at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 4, 2023 at 9:28 AM Jani Nikula <jani.nikula at linux.intel.com> wrote:
>> You could save everyone a lot of time by actually documenting what these
>> functions do. Assume you don't know what local64_try_cmpxchg() does, and
>> see how many calls you have to go through to figure it out.
>
> These functions are documented in Documentation/atomic_t.txt (under
> "RMW ops:" section), and the difference is explained in a separate
> section "CMPXCHG vs TRY_CMPXCGS" in the same file.
Thanks, but *sigh*.
No kernel-doc above the functions, not even a regular comment
referencing atomic_t.txt.
$ git grep local.*_try -- Documentation
[nothing]
BR,
Jani.
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