Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 13:39:46 +0000 (UTC) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r192536 - head/share/man/man9 Message-ID: <200905211339.n4LDdknW068334@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: jhb Date: Thu May 21 13:39:46 2009 New Revision: 192536 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/192536 Log: Attempt to clarify some confusing wording regarding atomic_load() and atomic_store(). Modified: head/share/man/man9/atomic.9 Modified: head/share/man/man9/atomic.9 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man9/atomic.9 Thu May 21 13:22:07 2009 (r192535) +++ head/share/man/man9/atomic.9 Thu May 21 13:39:46 2009 (r192536) @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ return (*addr) .Pp The .Fn atomic_load -functions always have acquire semantics. +functions are only provided with acquire memory barriers. .Bl -hang .It Fn atomic_readandclear addr .Bd -literal -compact @@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ not have any variants with memory barrie .Pp The .Fn atomic_store -functions always have release semantics. +functions are only provided with release memory barriers. .Pp The type .Dq Li 64
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