[Bluetooth] Add automatic sniff mode support

[linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git] / include / asm-generic / local.h

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/local.h b/include/asm-generic/local.h
index de4614840c2cdf4cd8bd7b85502be301c247cedb..ab469297272c1da3e8cee1d77a6ab5f70a2805fc 100644 (file)
--- a/include/asm-generic/local.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/local.h
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_GENERIC_LOCAL_H
 #define _ASM_GENERIC_LOCAL_H
 
-#include <linux/config.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
 #include <linux/hardirq.h>
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
 #include <asm/types.h>
 
-/* An unsigned long type for operations which are atomic for a single
- * CPU.  Usually used in combination with per-cpu variables. */
+/*
+ * A signed long type for operations which are atomic for a single CPU.
+ * Usually used in combination with per-cpu variables.
+ *
+ * This is the default implementation, which uses atomic_long_t.  Which is
+ * rather pointless.  The whole point behind local_t is that some processors
+ * can perform atomic adds and subtracts in a manner which is atomic wrt IRQs
+ * running on this CPU.  local_t allows exploitation of such capabilities.
+ */
 
 /* Implement in terms of atomics. */
 
@@ -20,7 +26,7 @@ typedef struct
 
 #define LOCAL_INIT(i)  { ATOMIC_LONG_INIT(i) }
 
-#define local_read(l)  ((unsigned long)atomic_long_read(&(l)->a))
+#define local_read(l)  atomic_long_read(&(l)->a)
 #define local_set(l,i) atomic_long_set((&(l)->a),(i))
 #define local_inc(l)   atomic_long_inc(&(l)->a)
 #define local_dec(l)   atomic_long_dec(&(l)->a)