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authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>2011-06-14 06:51:10 -0700
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>2011-06-14 06:51:23 -0700
commitdcc854579059ff9633db4dc41c681371d22f794e (patch)
tree985489cf3efcb1fcaa193237fb8674d530c188dd /include/linux/percpu.h
parente73a9891b3a1c9fc0970e0c9dbe2cc47933ad752 (diff)
parent2c53b436a30867eb6b47dd7bab23ba638d1fb0d2 (diff)
Merge 3.0-rc2 into usb-linus as it's needed by some USB patches
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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diff --git a/include/linux/percpu.h b/include/linux/percpu.h
index 8b97308e65d..9ca008f0c54 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu.h
@@ -259,6 +259,9 @@ extern void __bad_size_call_parameter(void);
* Special handling for cmpxchg_double. cmpxchg_double is passed two
* percpu variables. The first has to be aligned to a double word
* boundary and the second has to follow directly thereafter.
+ * We enforce this on all architectures even if they don't support
+ * a double cmpxchg instruction, since it's a cheap requirement, and it
+ * avoids breaking the requirement for architectures with the instruction.
*/
#define __pcpu_double_call_return_bool(stem, pcp1, pcp2, ...) \
({ \