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6 	This document explains the purpose of the local atomic operations, how
11 Note that local_t based operations are not recommended for general kernel use.
12 Please use the this_cpu operations instead unless there is really a special purpose.
13 Most uses of local_t in the kernel have been replaced by this_cpu operations.
14 this_cpu operations combine the relocation with the local_t like semantics in
18 * Purpose of local atomic operations
20 Local atomic operations are meant to provide fast and highly reentrant per CPU
21 counters. They minimize the performance cost of standard atomic operations by
30 Local atomic operations only guarantee variable modification atomicity wrt the
40 It can be done by slightly modifying the standard atomic operations : only
53 * Rules to follow when using local atomic operations
76 * How to use local atomic operations
89 operations : it makes sure that preemption is disabled around write access to