Merge branch 'locking-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull locking fixes from Ingo Molnar:
 "Documentation updates and a bitops ordering fix"

* 'locking-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  bitops: Do not default to __clear_bit() for __clear_bit_unlock()
  documentation: Clarify compiler store-fusion example
  documentation: Transitivity is not cumulativity
  documentation:  Add alternative release-acquire outcome
  documentation: Distinguish between local and global transitivity
  documentation: Subsequent writes ordered by rcu_dereference()
  documentation: Remove obsolete reference to RCU-protected indexes
  documentation: Fix memory-barriers.txt section references
  documentation: Fix control dependency and identical stores

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bitops/lock.h b/include/asm-generic/bitops/lock.h
index c30266e94806..8ef0ccbf8167 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/bitops/lock.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/bitops/lock.h
@@ -29,16 +29,16 @@ do {					\
  * @nr: the bit to set
  * @addr: the address to start counting from
  *
- * This operation is like clear_bit_unlock, however it is not atomic.
- * It does provide release barrier semantics so it can be used to unlock
- * a bit lock, however it would only be used if no other CPU can modify
- * any bits in the memory until the lock is released (a good example is
- * if the bit lock itself protects access to the other bits in the word).
+ * A weaker form of clear_bit_unlock() as used by __bit_lock_unlock(). If all
+ * the bits in the word are protected by this lock some archs can use weaker
+ * ops to safely unlock.
+ *
+ * See for example x86's implementation.
  */
 #define __clear_bit_unlock(nr, addr)	\
 do {					\
-	smp_mb();			\
-	__clear_bit(nr, addr);		\
+	smp_mb__before_atomic();	\
+	clear_bit(nr, addr);		\
 } while (0)
 
 #endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_BITOPS_LOCK_H_ */