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[src/trunk]: src/sys/arch/arm/include Update a comment. Probably still needs...
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/5641eb01a52d
branches: trunk
changeset: 331303:5641eb01a52d
user: skrll <skrll%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date: Fri Aug 08 07:34:02 2014 +0000
description:
Update a comment. Probably still needs tweaking further.
diffstat:
sys/arch/arm/include/mutex.h | 16 ++++++++--------
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diffs (32 lines):
diff -r a07c34d806a0 -r 5641eb01a52d sys/arch/arm/include/mutex.h
--- a/sys/arch/arm/include/mutex.h Fri Aug 08 07:30:51 2014 +0000
+++ b/sys/arch/arm/include/mutex.h Fri Aug 08 07:34:02 2014 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $NetBSD: mutex.h,v 1.16 2014/06/12 08:50:52 ozaki-r Exp $ */
+/* $NetBSD: mutex.h,v 1.17 2014/08/08 07:34:02 skrll Exp $ */
/*-
* Copyright (c) 2002, 2007 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -35,15 +35,15 @@
/*
* The ARM mutex implementation is troublesome, because pre-v6 ARM lacks a
* compare-and-swap operation. However, there aren't any MP pre-v6 ARM
- * systems to speak of. We are mostly concerned with atomicity with respect
- * to interrupts.
+ * systems to speak of.
+ *
+ * ARMv6 and later, however, does have ldrex/strex, and can thus implement an
+ * MP-safe compare-and-swap.
*
- * ARMv6, however, does have ldrex/strex, and can thus implement an MP-safe
- * compare-and-swap.
- *
- * So, what we have done is impement simple mutexes using a compare-and-swap.
+ * So, what we have done is implement simple mutexes using a compare-and-swap.
* We support pre-ARMv6 by implementing CAS as a restartable atomic sequence
- * that is checked by the IRQ vector. MP-safe ARMv6 support will be added later.
+ * that is checked by the IRQ vector.
+ *
*/
#ifndef __MUTEX_PRIVATE
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