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docs: refcount_t documentation
authorElena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
Tue, 5 Dec 2017 10:46:35 +0000 (12:46 +0200)
committerJonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Mon, 11 Dec 2017 21:37:11 +0000 (14:37 -0700)
commitb6e859f6cdd1686c021dcb3e18591d0b28ce8867
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docs: refcount_t documentation

Some functions from refcount_t API provide different
memory ordering guarantees that their atomic counterparts.
This adds a document outlining these differences (
Documentation/core-api/refcount-vs-atomic.rst) as well as
some other minor improvements.

Signed-off-by: Elena Reshetova <elena.reshetova@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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