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| author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2010-04-11 14:53:53 -0700 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2010-04-11 14:53:53 -0700 |
| commit | 871039f02f8ec4ab2e5e9010718caa8e085786f1 (patch) | |
| tree | f0d2b3127fc48c862967d68c46c2d46668137515 /Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt | |
| parent | e4077e018b5ead3de9951fc01d8bf12eeeeeefed (diff) | |
| parent | 4a1032faac94ebbf647460ae3e06fc21146eb280 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
Conflicts:
drivers/net/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_cmd.c
drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_main.c
drivers/net/wireless/wl12xx/wl1271_spi.c
net/core/ethtool.c
net/mac80211/scan.c
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt b/Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt index 991c26a6ef6..db0cb228d64 100644 --- a/Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt +++ b/Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt @@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ way to perform a busy wait is: cpu_relax(); The cpu_relax() call can lower CPU power consumption or yield to a -hyperthreaded twin processor; it also happens to serve as a memory barrier, -so, once again, volatile is unnecessary. Of course, busy-waiting is -generally an anti-social act to begin with. +hyperthreaded twin processor; it also happens to serve as a compiler +barrier, so, once again, volatile is unnecessary. Of course, busy- +waiting is generally an anti-social act to begin with. There are still a few rare situations where volatile makes sense in the kernel: |