'\" t .\" Title: fence_later .\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author] .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.1 .\" Date: January 2017 .\" Manual: Device drivers infrastructure .\" Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.8.15 .\" Language: English .\" .TH "FENCE_LATER" "9" "January 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.8\&." "Device drivers infrastructure" .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * Define some portability stuff .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673 .\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html .\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * set default formatting .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE * .\" ----------------------------------------------------------------- .SH "NAME" fence_later \- return the chronologically later fence .SH "SYNOPSIS" .HP \w'struct\ fence\ *\ fence_later('u .BI "struct fence * fence_later(struct\ fence\ *\ " "f1" ", struct\ fence\ *\ " "f2" ");" .SH "ARGUMENTS" .PP \fIf1\fR .RS 4 [in] the first fence from the same context .RE .PP \fIf2\fR .RS 4 [in] the second fence from the same context .RE .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP Returns NULL if both fences are signaled, otherwise the fence that would be signaled last\&. Both fences must be from the same context, since a seqno is not re\-used across contexts\&. .SH "COPYRIGHT" .br