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SubjectRe: ordered memory access
On 30 Sep 1999, Jes Sorensen wrote:

>atomic_foo() should be ordered, at least that the idea behind it as

It isn't. Also the atomic_inc/dec and set_bit clear_bit aren't.

Only test_and_*_bit and atomic_dec_and_test enforce ordering between
previous and following code.

Andrea


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