diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/atomic.h
index 88b7491490bc648fb443c4be92b514088c2b3099..3d6704910268b6ca39cdbf76649459ab2bec0724 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -176,15 +176,15 @@ static __inline__ long atomic64_sub_return(long i, atomic64_t * v)
 #define atomic_xchg(v, new) (xchg(&((v)->counter), new))
 
 /**
- * atomic_add_unless - add unless the number is a given value
+ * __atomic_add_unless - add unless the number is a given value
  * @v: pointer of type atomic_t
  * @a: the amount to add to v...
  * @u: ...unless v is equal to u.
  *
  * Atomically adds @a to @v, so long as it was not @u.
- * Returns non-zero if @v was not @u, and zero otherwise.
+ * Returns the old value of @v.
  */
-static __inline__ int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
+static __inline__ int __atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 {
 	int c, old;
 	c = atomic_read(v);
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static __inline__ int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 			break;
 		c = old;
 	}
-	return c != (u);
+	return c;
 }
 
 
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static __inline__ int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
  * @u: ...unless v is equal to u.
  *
  * Atomically adds @a to @v, so long as it was not @u.
- * Returns non-zero if @v was not @u, and zero otherwise.
+ * Returns the old value of @v.
  */
 static __inline__ int atomic64_add_unless(atomic64_t *v, long a, long u)
 {
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/atomic.h
index 4d501f1bdc9d4243f32fa34cf722bc1e82e7aa37..3757e91c5281cb1f04e9606930228c657e23f13a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -208,14 +208,14 @@ static inline void atomic_clear_mask(unsigned long mask, unsigned long *addr)
 
 #define atomic_xchg(v, new) (xchg(&((v)->counter), new))
 
-static inline int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
+static inline int __atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 {
 	int c, old;
 
 	c = atomic_read(v);
 	while (c != u && (old = atomic_cmpxchg((v), c, c + a)) != c)
 		c = old;
-	return c != u;
+	return c;
 }
 
 #define atomic_inc(v)		atomic_add(1, v)
diff --git a/arch/avr32/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/avr32/include/asm/atomic.h
index f229c3849f03938e20136d30d8eef0d5914ea2c5..dc6c3a41a2d7ecd67d4d215ae627b87b41d07355 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/avr32/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -78,70 +78,63 @@ static inline int atomic_add_return(int i, atomic_t *v)
 /*
  * atomic_sub_unless - sub unless the number is a given value
  * @v: pointer of type atomic_t
- * @a: the amount to add to v...
+ * @a: the amount to subtract from v...
  * @u: ...unless v is equal to u.
  *
- * If the atomic value v is not equal to u, this function subtracts a
- * from v, and returns non zero. If v is equal to u then it returns
- * zero. This is done as an atomic operation.
+ * Atomically subtract @a from @v, so long as it was not @u.
+ * Returns the old value of @v.
 */
-static inline int atomic_sub_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
+static inline void atomic_sub_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 {
-	int tmp, result = 0;
+	int tmp;
 
 	asm volatile(
 		"/* atomic_sub_unless */\n"
 		"1:	ssrf	5\n"
-		"	ld.w	%0, %3\n"
-		"	cp.w	%0, %5\n"
+		"	ld.w	%0, %2\n"
+		"	cp.w	%0, %4\n"
 		"	breq	1f\n"
-		"	sub	%0, %4\n"
-		"	stcond	%2, %0\n"
+		"	sub	%0, %3\n"
+		"	stcond	%1, %0\n"
 		"	brne	1b\n"
-		"	mov	%1, 1\n"
 		"1:"
-		: "=&r"(tmp), "=&r"(result), "=o"(v->counter)
-		: "m"(v->counter), "rKs21"(a), "rKs21"(u), "1"(result)
+		: "=&r"(tmp), "=o"(v->counter)
+		: "m"(v->counter), "rKs21"(a), "rKs21"(u)
 		: "cc", "memory");
-
-	return result;
 }
 
 /*
- * atomic_add_unless - add unless the number is a given value
+ * __atomic_add_unless - add unless the number is a given value
  * @v: pointer of type atomic_t
  * @a: the amount to add to v...
  * @u: ...unless v is equal to u.
  *
- * If the atomic value v is not equal to u, this function adds a to v,
- * and returns non zero. If v is equal to u then it returns zero. This
- * is done as an atomic operation.
+ * Atomically adds @a to @v, so long as it was not @u.
+ * Returns the old value of @v.
 */
-static inline int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
+static inline int __atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 {
-	int tmp, result;
+	int tmp, old = atomic_read(v);
 
 	if (__builtin_constant_p(a) && (a >= -1048575) && (a <= 1048576))
-		result = atomic_sub_unless(v, -a, u);
+		atomic_sub_unless(v, -a, u);
 	else {
-		result = 0;
 		asm volatile(
-			"/* atomic_add_unless */\n"
+			"/* __atomic_add_unless */\n"
 			"1:	ssrf	5\n"
-			"	ld.w	%0, %3\n"
-			"	cp.w	%0, %5\n"
+			"	ld.w	%0, %2\n"
+			"	cp.w	%0, %4\n"
 			"	breq	1f\n"
-			"	add	%0, %4\n"
-			"	stcond	%2, %0\n"
+			"	add	%0, %3\n"
+			"	stcond	%1, %0\n"
 			"	brne	1b\n"
-			"	mov	%1, 1\n"
 			"1:"
-			: "=&r"(tmp), "=&r"(result), "=o"(v->counter)
-			: "m"(v->counter), "r"(a), "ir"(u), "1"(result)
+			: "=&r"(tmp), "=o"(v->counter)
+			: "m"(v->counter), "r"(a), "ir"(u)
 			: "cc", "memory");
 	}
 
-	return result;
+	return old;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/atomic.h
index f2cf5b714ea4cc79f424c1ffb20f6ed19a2917f3..292c86f74f85ce03201ad7219fa08bbac4b6e8be 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -89,13 +89,13 @@ static inline void atomic_set_mask(int mask, atomic_t *v)
 #define atomic_cmpxchg(v, o, n) ((int)cmpxchg(&((v)->counter), (o), (n)))
 #define atomic_xchg(v, new) (xchg(&((v)->counter), new))
 
-#define atomic_add_unless(v, a, u)				\
+#define __atomic_add_unless(v, a, u)				\
 ({								\
 	int c, old;						\
 	c = atomic_read(v);					\
 	while (c != (u) && (old = atomic_cmpxchg((v), c, c + (a))) != c) \
 		c = old;					\
-	c != (u);						\
+	c;							\
 })
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/cris/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/cris/include/asm/atomic.h
index ce9f67e4d9779e57c6f56f1b106ab29ac5aa163a..7e90532c525336de2011e35c7495b757e100e57f 100644
--- a/arch/cris/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/cris/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ static inline int atomic_cmpxchg(atomic_t *v, int old, int new)
 
 #define atomic_xchg(v, new) (xchg(&((v)->counter), new))
 
-static inline int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
+static inline int __atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 {
 	int ret;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ static inline int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 	if (ret != u)
 		v->counter += a;
 	cris_atomic_restore(v, flags);
-	return ret != u;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* Atomic operations are already serializing */
diff --git a/arch/frv/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/frv/include/asm/atomic.h
index b07b75f411f29eb11692fd93650398d5570f9712..a51dcdfe1fbfb73ad133423ae85f7690726d9024 100644
--- a/arch/frv/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/frv/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ extern uint32_t __xchg_32(uint32_t i, volatile void *v);
 #define atomic64_cmpxchg(v, old, new)	(__cmpxchg_64(old, new, &(v)->counter))
 #define atomic64_xchg(v, new)		(__xchg_64(new, &(v)->counter))
 
-static __inline__ int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
+static __inline__ int __atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 {
 	int c, old;
 	c = atomic_read(v);
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static __inline__ int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 			break;
 		c = old;
 	}
-	return c != (u);
+	return c;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/arch/h8300/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/h8300/include/asm/atomic.h
index b641714774eae1382c8138c0e0b7038b74436aca..e6d1663625f01cc6b7a54eb2941a6616b18efb91 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/h8300/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static inline int atomic_cmpxchg(atomic_t *v, int old, int new)
 
 #define atomic_xchg(v, new) (xchg(&((v)->counter), new))
 
-static inline int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
+static inline int __atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 {
 	int ret;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static inline int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 	if (ret != u)
 		v->counter += a;
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
-	return ret != u;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static __inline__ void atomic_clear_mask(unsigned long mask, unsigned long *v)
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/atomic.h
index fdb887005dfffbdeeef7bcb9067704d1295a913b..22aca210bd05cf3a2566a271d3a3665309468de6 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ ia64_atomic64_sub (__s64 i, atomic64_t *v)
 	(cmpxchg(&((v)->counter), old, new))
 #define atomic64_xchg(v, new) (xchg(&((v)->counter), new))
 
-static __inline__ int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
+static __inline__ int __atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 {
 	int c, old;
 	c = atomic_read(v);
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static __inline__ int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 			break;
 		c = old;
 	}
-	return c != (u);
+	return c;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/arch/m32r/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/m32r/include/asm/atomic.h
index d64d894dc549c5efdcc620062f5abf2741ca670d..c839426ac7326cceff230e5a25c60a06b957eca1 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/m32r/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -239,15 +239,15 @@ static __inline__ int atomic_dec_return(atomic_t *v)
 #define atomic_xchg(v, new) (xchg(&((v)->counter), new))
 
 /**
- * atomic_add_unless - add unless the number is a given value
+ * __atomic_add_unless - add unless the number is a given value
  * @v: pointer of type atomic_t
  * @a: the amount to add to v...
  * @u: ...unless v is equal to u.
  *
  * Atomically adds @a to @v, so long as it was not @u.
- * Returns non-zero if @v was not @u, and zero otherwise.
+ * Returns the old value of @v.
  */
-static __inline__ int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
+static __inline__ int __atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 {
 	int c, old;
 	c = atomic_read(v);
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static __inline__ int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 			break;
 		c = old;
 	}
-	return c != (u);
+	return c;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/atomic.h
index e844a2d2ba231c5ed9d6a521285b04897db4cc58..2269350974f1554bfacf7111509df13104fee2df 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static inline void atomic_set_mask(unsigned long mask, unsigned long *v)
 	__asm__ __volatile__("orl %1,%0" : "+m" (*v) : ASM_DI (mask));
 }
 
-static __inline__ int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
+static __inline__ int __atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 {
 	int c, old;
 	c = atomic_read(v);
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ static __inline__ int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 			break;
 		c = old;
 	}
-	return c != (u);
+	return c;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/atomic.h
index 833a4023648a7850980a22a6a8c7559a923721c3..31cb23debb7eb9b2ca1f8311106539ec76586292 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -303,15 +303,15 @@ static __inline__ int atomic_sub_if_positive(int i, atomic_t * v)
 #define atomic_xchg(v, new) (xchg(&((v)->counter), (new)))
 
 /**
- * atomic_add_unless - add unless the number is a given value
+ * __atomic_add_unless - add unless the number is a given value
  * @v: pointer of type atomic_t
  * @a: the amount to add to v...
  * @u: ...unless v is equal to u.
  *
  * Atomically adds @a to @v, so long as it was not @u.
- * Returns non-zero if @v was not @u, and zero otherwise.
+ * Returns the old value of @v.
  */
-static __inline__ int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
+static __inline__ int __atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 {
 	int c, old;
 	c = atomic_read(v);
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ static __inline__ int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 			break;
 		c = old;
 	}
-	return c != (u);
+	return c;
 }
 
 #define atomic_dec_return(v) atomic_sub_return(1, (v))
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ static __inline__ long atomic64_sub_if_positive(long i, atomic64_t * v)
  * @u: ...unless v is equal to u.
  *
  * Atomically adds @a to @v, so long as it was not @u.
- * Returns non-zero if @v was not @u, and zero otherwise.
+ * Returns the old value of @v.
  */
 static __inline__ int atomic64_add_unless(atomic64_t *v, long a, long u)
 {
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/atomic.h
index 041b9d69d86c63acf475e48a4c2c7263c1a722a4..a2e6759af4dbca60060d1779f573d0a934ab1127 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -260,13 +260,13 @@ static inline void atomic_dec(atomic_t *v)
 #define atomic_dec_and_test(v)		(atomic_sub_return(1, (v)) == 0)
 #define atomic_inc_and_test(v)		(atomic_add_return(1, (v)) == 0)
 
-#define atomic_add_unless(v, a, u)				\
+#define __atomic_add_unless(v, a, u)				\
 ({								\
 	int c, old;						\
 	c = atomic_read(v);					\
 	while (c != (u) && (old = atomic_cmpxchg((v), c, c + (a))) != c) \
 		c = old;					\
-	c != (u);						\
+	c;							\
 })
 
 
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/atomic.h
index 192488999b630688f5ac672f0b58a297e084aeb6..1914f179879d2c0d3d7251fdad087d64d632bfc1 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -197,15 +197,15 @@ static __inline__ int atomic_read(const atomic_t *v)
 #define atomic_xchg(v, new) (xchg(&((v)->counter), new))
 
 /**
- * atomic_add_unless - add unless the number is a given value
+ * __atomic_add_unless - add unless the number is a given value
  * @v: pointer of type atomic_t
  * @a: the amount to add to v...
  * @u: ...unless v is equal to u.
  *
  * Atomically adds @a to @v, so long as it was not @u.
- * Returns non-zero if @v was not @u, and zero otherwise.
+ * Returns the old value of @v.
  */
-static __inline__ int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
+static __inline__ int __atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 {
 	int c, old;
 	c = atomic_read(v);
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ static __inline__ int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 			break;
 		c = old;
 	}
-	return c != (u);
+	return c;
 }
 
 
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ atomic64_read(const atomic64_t *v)
  * @u: ...unless v is equal to u.
  *
  * Atomically adds @a to @v, so long as it was not @u.
- * Returns non-zero if @v was not @u, and zero otherwise.
+ * Returns the old value of @v.
  */
 static __inline__ int atomic64_add_unless(atomic64_t *v, long a, long u)
 {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/atomic.h
index b2bcbee622ea2d588898e5923573f31944449d41..952e161fbb89aebb6137f18b8f82268b8cccc441 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -181,21 +181,21 @@ static __inline__ int atomic_dec_return(atomic_t *v)
 #define atomic_xchg(v, new) (xchg(&((v)->counter), new))
 
 /**
- * atomic_add_unless - add unless the number is a given value
+ * __atomic_add_unless - add unless the number is a given value
  * @v: pointer of type atomic_t
  * @a: the amount to add to v...
  * @u: ...unless v is equal to u.
  *
  * Atomically adds @a to @v, so long as it was not @u.
- * Returns non-zero if @v was not @u, and zero otherwise.
+ * Returns the old value of @v.
  */
-static __inline__ int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
+static __inline__ int __atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 {
 	int t;
 
 	__asm__ __volatile__ (
 	PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER
-"1:	lwarx	%0,0,%1		# atomic_add_unless\n\
+"1:	lwarx	%0,0,%1		# __atomic_add_unless\n\
 	cmpw	0,%0,%3 \n\
 	beq-	2f \n\
 	add	%0,%2,%0 \n"
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static __inline__ int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 	: "r" (&v->counter), "r" (a), "r" (u)
 	: "cc", "memory");
 
-	return t != u;
+	return t;
 }
 
 
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ static __inline__ long atomic64_dec_if_positive(atomic64_t *v)
  * @u: ...unless v is equal to u.
  *
  * Atomically adds @a to @v, so long as it was not @u.
- * Returns non-zero if @v was not @u, and zero otherwise.
+ * Returns the old value of @v.
  */
 static __inline__ int atomic64_add_unless(atomic64_t *v, long a, long u)
 {
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ static __inline__ int atomic64_add_unless(atomic64_t *v, long a, long u)
 
 	__asm__ __volatile__ (
 	PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER
-"1:	ldarx	%0,0,%1		# atomic_add_unless\n\
+"1:	ldarx	%0,0,%1		# __atomic_add_unless\n\
 	cmpd	0,%0,%3 \n\
 	beq-	2f \n\
 	add	%0,%2,%0 \n"
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/atomic.h
index 29d75632922891d2cd5d2d9bd4a41e8893d75b26..7b0b0a7193e5d92341e879ba1bd31843ba4b9516 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static inline int atomic_cmpxchg(atomic_t *v, int old, int new)
 	return old;
 }
 
-static inline int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
+static inline int __atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 {
 	int c, old;
 	c = atomic_read(v);
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static inline int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 			break;
 		c = old;
 	}
-	return c != u;
+	return c;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/atomic.h
index 8ddb2635cf9262d24e280f96aff4619c79d68df4..2177596d4b3804f26dc0398251d0bd1c08d4088d 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -38,15 +38,15 @@
 #define atomic_cmpxchg(v, o, n)		(cmpxchg(&((v)->counter), (o), (n)))
 
 /**
- * atomic_add_unless - add unless the number is a given value
+ * __atomic_add_unless - add unless the number is a given value
  * @v: pointer of type atomic_t
  * @a: the amount to add to v...
  * @u: ...unless v is equal to u.
  *
  * Atomically adds @a to @v, so long as it was not @u.
- * Returns non-zero if @v was not @u, and zero otherwise.
+ * Returns the old value of @v.
  */
-static inline int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
+static inline int __atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 {
 	int c, old;
 	c = atomic_read(v);
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ static inline int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 		c = old;
 	}
 
-	return c != (u);
+	return c;
 }
 
 #define smp_mb__before_atomic_dec()	smp_mb()
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/atomic_32.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/atomic_32.h
index 7646f2cef5d064ac55791aff0cafa8677475f143..bdce95e77f858b84b1a8f88c482dc078e272b001 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/atomic_32.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/atomic_32.h
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 extern int __atomic_add_return(int, atomic_t *);
 extern int atomic_cmpxchg(atomic_t *, int, int);
 #define atomic_xchg(v, new) (xchg(&((v)->counter), new))
-extern int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *, int, int);
+extern int __atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *, int, int);
 extern void atomic_set(atomic_t *, int);
 
 #define atomic_read(v)          (*(volatile int *)&(v)->counter)
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/atomic_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/atomic_64.h
index 337139ef91bea9f0923a4380061854245291cac8..1fc3d0a62d66e923317a832c3e0e94273930d97c 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/atomic_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/atomic_64.h
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ extern long atomic64_sub_ret(long, atomic64_t *);
 #define atomic_cmpxchg(v, o, n) (cmpxchg(&((v)->counter), (o), (n)))
 #define atomic_xchg(v, new) (xchg(&((v)->counter), new))
 
-static inline int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
+static inline int __atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 {
 	int c, old;
 	c = atomic_read(v);
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static inline int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 			break;
 		c = old;
 	}
-	return c != (u);
+	return c;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/arch/tile/include/asm/atomic_32.h b/arch/tile/include/asm/atomic_32.h
index 246feed4794d1af8c7971eab8862f8fe2e442323..c03349e0ca9f0866adcc17a20fb1321be9124af7 100644
--- a/arch/tile/include/asm/atomic_32.h
+++ b/arch/tile/include/asm/atomic_32.h
@@ -81,18 +81,18 @@ static inline int atomic_add_return(int i, atomic_t *v)
 }
 
 /**
- * atomic_add_unless - add unless the number is already a given value
+ * __atomic_add_unless - add unless the number is already a given value
  * @v: pointer of type atomic_t
  * @a: the amount to add to v...
  * @u: ...unless v is equal to u.
  *
  * Atomically adds @a to @v, so long as @v was not already @u.
- * Returns non-zero if @v was not @u, and zero otherwise.
+ * Returns the old value of @v.
  */
-static inline int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
+static inline int __atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 {
 	smp_mb();  /* barrier for proper semantics */
-	return _atomic_xchg_add_unless(v, a, u) != u;
+	return _atomic_xchg_add_unless(v, a, u);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static inline u64 atomic64_add_return(u64 i, atomic64_t *v)
  * @u: ...unless v is equal to u.
  *
  * Atomically adds @a to @v, so long as @v was not already @u.
- * Returns non-zero if @v was not @u, and zero otherwise.
+ * Returns the old value of @v.
  */
 static inline u64 atomic64_add_unless(atomic64_t *v, u64 a, u64 u)
 {
diff --git a/arch/tile/include/asm/atomic_64.h b/arch/tile/include/asm/atomic_64.h
index a48dda30cbccf5169446f49bab05104708a63e94..27fe667fddfeb82fd9ceec3638df571a3c5602ba 100644
--- a/arch/tile/include/asm/atomic_64.h
+++ b/arch/tile/include/asm/atomic_64.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static inline int atomic_add_return(int i, atomic_t *v)
 	return val;
 }
 
-static inline int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
+static inline int __atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 {
 	int guess, oldval = v->counter;
 	do {
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static inline int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 		guess = oldval;
 		oldval = atomic_cmpxchg(v, guess, guess + a);
 	} while (guess != oldval);
-	return oldval != u;
+	return oldval;
 }
 
 /* Now the true 64-bit operations. */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h
index 897969bdd4e69491af5294555a50c5ba5675ca0b..5fe9cb335cd299e60c209a23e7255d93d2223a78 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -221,15 +221,15 @@ static inline int atomic_xchg(atomic_t *v, int new)
 }
 
 /**
- * atomic_add_unless - add unless the number is already a given value
+ * __atomic_add_unless - add unless the number is already a given value
  * @v: pointer of type atomic_t
  * @a: the amount to add to v...
  * @u: ...unless v is equal to u.
  *
  * Atomically adds @a to @v, so long as @v was not already @u.
- * Returns non-zero if @v was not @u, and zero otherwise.
+ * Returns the old value of @v.
  */
-static inline int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
+static inline int __atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 {
 	int c, old;
 	c = atomic_read(v);
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ static inline int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 			break;
 		c = old;
 	}
-	return c != (u);
+	return c;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_32.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_32.h
index 2a934aa19a4363dce92289390341b4b243ac5167..24098aafce0de97cc64776391eda014945413558 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_32.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_32.h
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ static inline int atomic64_add_negative(long long i, atomic64_t *v)
  * @u: ...unless v is equal to u.
  *
  * Atomically adds @a to @v, so long as it was not @u.
- * Returns non-zero if @v was not @u, and zero otherwise.
+ * Returns the old value of @v.
  */
 static inline int atomic64_add_unless(atomic64_t *v, long long a, long long u)
 {
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_64.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_64.h
index 49fd1ea229511632ac849b17f55543e6782da9ae..017594d403f6d1157defd438e5b75334db788ab5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_64.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/atomic64_64.h
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static inline long atomic64_xchg(atomic64_t *v, long new)
  * @u: ...unless v is equal to u.
  *
  * Atomically adds @a to @v, so long as it was not @u.
- * Returns non-zero if @v was not @u, and zero otherwise.
+ * Returns the old value of @v.
  */
 static inline int atomic64_add_unless(atomic64_t *v, long a, long u)
 {
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/atomic.h
index 7cca2fb18baf0c0c1008e4105259a0753b064af9..e464212f9ee6ae06877f9714ec957bd816a6d945 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -225,15 +225,15 @@ static inline int atomic_sub_return(int i, atomic_t * v)
 #define atomic_xchg(v, new) (xchg(&((v)->counter), new))
 
 /**
- * atomic_add_unless - add unless the number is a given value
+ * __atomic_add_unless - add unless the number is a given value
  * @v: pointer of type atomic_t
  * @a: the amount to add to v...
  * @u: ...unless v is equal to u.
  *
  * Atomically adds @a to @v, so long as it was not @u.
- * Returns non-zero if @v was not @u, and zero otherwise.
+ * Returns the old value of @v.
  */
-static __inline__ int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
+static __inline__ int __atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 {
 	int c, old;
 	c = atomic_read(v);
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ static __inline__ int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 			break;
 		c = old;
 	}
-	return c != (u);
+	return c;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/atomic.h b/include/asm-generic/atomic.h
index 7f84414c5f533e2d70f3f59499b8a1e62b17919e..bd18bfd78e9be2d9730b02c1a943ad16e556eb59 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/atomic.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/atomic.h
@@ -129,13 +129,13 @@ static inline void atomic_dec(atomic_t *v)
 
 #define cmpxchg64_local(ptr, o, n) __cmpxchg64_local_generic((ptr), (o), (n))
 
-static inline int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
+static inline int __atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 {
   int c, old;
   c = atomic_read(v);
   while (c != u && (old = atomic_cmpxchg(v, c, c + a)) != c)
     c = old;
-  return c != u;
+  return c;
 }
 
 static inline void atomic_clear_mask(unsigned long mask, unsigned long *addr)
diff --git a/include/linux/atomic.h b/include/linux/atomic.h
index 66fed6364122b2f47b78b1cd5fef0fd2f1f53b33..d5e167a6a398366ad0dcb46aaacf13cf8e2b4371 100644
--- a/include/linux/atomic.h
+++ b/include/linux/atomic.h
@@ -2,6 +2,20 @@
 #define _LINUX_ATOMIC_H
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
 
+/**
+ * atomic_add_unless - add unless the number is already a given value
+ * @v: pointer of type atomic_t
+ * @a: the amount to add to v...
+ * @u: ...unless v is equal to u.
+ *
+ * Atomically adds @a to @v, so long as @v was not already @u.
+ * Returns non-zero if @v was not @u, and zero otherwise.
+ */
+static inline int atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
+{
+	return __atomic_add_unless(v, a, u) != u;
+}
+
 /**
  * atomic_inc_not_zero - increment unless the number is zero
  * @v: pointer of type atomic_t