Re: [PATCH 11/33] locking/atomic: cmpxchg: make `generic` a prefix

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 11:40 AM Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> The asm-generic implementations of cmpxchg_local() and cmpxchg64_local()
> use a `_generic` suffix to distinguish themselves from arch code or
> wrappers used elsewhere.
>
> Subsequent patches will add ARCH_ATOMIC support to these
> implementations, and will distinguish more functions with a `generic`
> portion. To align with how ARCH_ATOMIC uses an `arch_` prefix, it would
> be helpful to use a `generic_` prefix rather than a `_generic` suffix.
>
> In preparation for this, this patch renames the existing functions to
> make `generic` a prefix rather than a suffix. There should be no
> functional change as a result of this patch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>

>  arch/m68k/include/asm/cmpxchg.h     | 2 +-

Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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