Improve documentation on `success` and `failure` arguments

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/library/core/src/sync/atomic.rs b/library/core/src/sync/atomic.rs
index 668b0dc0886..36857979af8 100644
--- a/library/core/src/sync/atomic.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/sync/atomic.rs
@@ -514,9 +514,10 @@ impl AtomicBool {
     /// the previous value. On success this value is guaranteed to be equal to `current`.
     ///
     /// `compare_exchange` takes two [`Ordering`] arguments to describe the memory
-    /// ordering of this operation. The first describes the required ordering if the
-    /// operation succeeds while the second describes the required ordering when the
-    /// operation fails. Using [`Acquire`] as success ordering makes the store part
+    /// ordering of this operation. `success` describes the required ordering for the
+    /// read-modify-write operation that takes place if the comparison with `current` succeeds.
+    /// `failure` describes the required ordering for the load operation that takes place when
+    /// the comparison fails. Using [`Acquire`] as success ordering makes the store part
     /// of this operation [`Relaxed`], and using [`Release`] makes the successful load
     /// [`Relaxed`]. The failure ordering can only be [`SeqCst`], [`Acquire`] or [`Relaxed`]
     /// and must be equivalent to or weaker than the success ordering.
@@ -572,9 +573,10 @@ impl AtomicBool {
     /// previous value.
     ///
     /// `compare_exchange_weak` takes two [`Ordering`] arguments to describe the memory
-    /// ordering of this operation. The first describes the required ordering if the
-    /// operation succeeds while the second describes the required ordering when the
-    /// operation fails. Using [`Acquire`] as success ordering makes the store part
+    /// ordering of this operation. `success` describes the required ordering for the
+    /// read-modify-write operation that takes place if the comparison with `current` succeeds.
+    /// `failure` describes the required ordering for the load operation that takes place when
+    /// the comparison fails. Using [`Acquire`] as success ordering makes the store part
     /// of this operation [`Relaxed`], and using [`Release`] makes the successful load
     /// [`Relaxed`]. The failure ordering can only be [`SeqCst`], [`Acquire`] or [`Relaxed`]
     /// and must be equivalent to or weaker than the success ordering.
@@ -1138,9 +1140,10 @@ impl<T> AtomicPtr<T> {
     /// the previous value. On success this value is guaranteed to be equal to `current`.
     ///
     /// `compare_exchange` takes two [`Ordering`] arguments to describe the memory
-    /// ordering of this operation. The first describes the required ordering if the
-    /// operation succeeds while the second describes the required ordering when the
-    /// operation fails. Using [`Acquire`] as success ordering makes the store part
+    /// ordering of this operation. `success` describes the required ordering for the
+    /// read-modify-write operation that takes place if the comparison with `current` succeeds.
+    /// `failure` describes the required ordering for the load operation that takes place when
+    /// the comparison fails. Using [`Acquire`] as success ordering makes the store part
     /// of this operation [`Relaxed`], and using [`Release`] makes the successful load
     /// [`Relaxed`]. The failure ordering can only be [`SeqCst`], [`Acquire`] or [`Relaxed`]
     /// and must be equivalent to or weaker than the success ordering.
@@ -1201,9 +1204,10 @@ impl<T> AtomicPtr<T> {
     /// previous value.
     ///
     /// `compare_exchange_weak` takes two [`Ordering`] arguments to describe the memory
-    /// ordering of this operation. The first describes the required ordering if the
-    /// operation succeeds while the second describes the required ordering when the
-    /// operation fails. Using [`Acquire`] as success ordering makes the store part
+    /// ordering of this operation. `success` describes the required ordering for the
+    /// read-modify-write operation that takes place if the comparison with `current` succeeds.
+    /// `failure` describes the required ordering for the load operation that takes place when
+    /// the comparison fails. Using [`Acquire`] as success ordering makes the store part
     /// of this operation [`Relaxed`], and using [`Release`] makes the successful load
     /// [`Relaxed`]. The failure ordering can only be [`SeqCst`], [`Acquire`] or [`Relaxed`]
     /// and must be equivalent to or weaker than the success ordering.
@@ -1708,9 +1712,10 @@ containing the previous value. On success this value is guaranteed to be equal t
 `current`.
 
 `compare_exchange` takes two [`Ordering`] arguments to describe the memory
-ordering of this operation. The first describes the required ordering if the
-operation succeeds while the second describes the required ordering when the
-operation fails. Using [`Acquire`] as success ordering makes the store part
+ordering of this operation. `success` describes the required ordering for the
+read-modify-write operation that takes place if the comparison with `current` succeeds.
+`failure` describes the required ordering for the load operation that takes place when
+the comparison fails. Using [`Acquire`] as success ordering makes the store part
 of this operation [`Relaxed`], and using [`Release`] makes the successful load
 [`Relaxed`]. The failure ordering can only be [`SeqCst`], [`Acquire`] or [`Relaxed`]
 and must be equivalent to or weaker than the success ordering.
@@ -1760,9 +1765,10 @@ platforms. The return value is a result indicating whether the new value was
 written and containing the previous value.
 
 `compare_exchange_weak` takes two [`Ordering`] arguments to describe the memory
-ordering of this operation. The first describes the required ordering if the
-operation succeeds while the second describes the required ordering when the
-operation fails. Using [`Acquire`] as success ordering makes the store part
+ordering of this operation. `success` describes the required ordering for the
+read-modify-write operation that takes place if the comparison with `current` succeeds.
+`failure` describes the required ordering for the load operation that takes place when
+the comparison fails. Using [`Acquire`] as success ordering makes the store part
 of this operation [`Relaxed`], and using [`Release`] makes the successful load
 [`Relaxed`]. The failure ordering can only be [`SeqCst`], [`Acquire`] or [`Relaxed`]
 and must be equivalent to or weaker than the success ordering.