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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-10-15 13:46:29 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-10-15 13:46:29 +0200 |
| commit | b2aaf8f74cdc84a9182f6cabf198b7763bcb9d40 (patch) | |
| tree | 53ccb1c2c14751fe69cf93102e76e97021f6df07 /include/linux/compiler.h | |
| parent | 4f962d4d65923d7b722192e729840cfb79af0a5a (diff) | |
| parent | 278429cff8809958d25415ba0ed32b59866ab1a8 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'linus' into stackprotector
Conflicts:
arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
include/asm-x86/pda.h
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)) |