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authorAlexis211 <alexis211@gmail.com>2010-08-10 20:39:57 +0200
committerAlexis211 <alexis211@gmail.com>2010-08-10 20:39:57 +0200
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Added a lot of comments in kernel code. A bit of cleaning too.
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diff --git a/src/kernel/lib/mutex.c b/src/kernel/lib/mutex.c
index f3ed11f..2664eb0 100644
--- a/src/kernel/lib/mutex.c
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@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
#include "mutex.h"
#include <task/task.h>
+/* Internal use only. This function is atomic, meaning it cannot be interrupted by a system task switch. */
static uint32_t atomic_exchange(uint32_t* ptr, uint32_t newval) {
uint32_t r;
asm volatile("xchg (%%ecx), %%eax" : "=a"(r) : "c"(ptr), "a"(newval));