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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-10-12 11:32:17 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-10-12 11:32:17 +0200 |
| commit | 206855c321adee56db3946ca09a5887cddb9d598 (patch) | |
| tree | 13a2729d4d0e37170552bd9ad3c6bba71ba0c55c /include/linux/compiler.h | |
| parent | e8d3f455de4f42d4bab2f6f1aeb2cf3bd18eb508 (diff) | |
| parent | cb58ffc3889f0545628f138f849e759a331b8ddc (diff) | |
Merge branch 'x86/urgent' into core/signal
Conflicts:
arch/x86/kernel/signal_64.c
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/compiler.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/compiler.h | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h index c8bd2daf95e..8322141ee48 100644 --- a/include/linux/compiler.h +++ b/include/linux/compiler.h @@ -190,7 +190,9 @@ extern void __chk_io_ptr(const volatile void __iomem *); * ACCESS_ONCE() in different C statements. * * This macro does absolutely -nothing- to prevent the CPU from reordering, - * merging, or refetching absolutely anything at any time. + * merging, or refetching absolutely anything at any time. Its main intended + * use is to mediate communication between process-level code and irq/NMI + * handlers, all running on the same CPU. */ #define ACCESS_ONCE(x) (*(volatile typeof(x) *)&(x)) |