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diff --git a/Documentation/atomic_t.txt b/Documentation/atomic_t.txt index 0f1ffa03db09..d7adc6d543db 100644 --- a/Documentation/atomic_t.txt +++ b/Documentation/atomic_t.txt @@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ atomic operations. Specifically 'simple' cmpxchg() loops are expected to not starve one another indefinitely. However, this is not evident on LL/SC architectures, because -while an LL/SC architecure 'can/should/must' provide forward progress +while an LL/SC architecture 'can/should/must' provide forward progress guarantees between competing LL/SC sections, such a guarantee does not transfer to cmpxchg() implemented using LL/SC. Consider: |