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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-11-26 08:22:50 +0100 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-11-26 08:22:50 +0100 |
| commit | 7fbb8759eff9a348efa5f352ffaa51c364837c4b (patch) | |
| tree | d40cd3f47b9f667ba94d9613270132080dcb6a1a /include/linux/compiler.h | |
| parent | 6003ab0bad4cc56f3c4fadf62a0d23a967b9c53b (diff) | |
| parent | 13d428afc007fcfcd6deeb215618f54cf9c0cae6 (diff) | |
Merge commit 'v2.6.28-rc6' into core/debug
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/compiler.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/compiler.h | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h index c8bd2daf95e..98115d9d04d 100644 --- a/include/linux/compiler.h +++ b/include/linux/compiler.h @@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ extern void __chk_io_ptr(const volatile void __iomem *); # error Sorry, your compiler is too old/not recognized. #endif +#define notrace __attribute__((no_instrument_function)) + /* Intel compiler defines __GNUC__. So we will overwrite implementations * coming from above header files here */ @@ -190,7 +192,9 @@ 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)) |