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| author | Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> | 2008-10-20 11:17:52 +0900 |
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| committer | Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> | 2008-10-20 11:17:52 +0900 |
| commit | 4cb40f795af36b3deb743f6ccf6c3fd542c61c8d (patch) | |
| tree | db3d7519932549bf528f5b8e4cb8350356cd544d /include/linux/compiler.h | |
| parent | 79ed2a9216dd3cc35c4f2c5dbaddadb195af83ac (diff) | |
| parent | 0cfd81031a26717fe14380d18275f8e217571615 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6
Conflicts:
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
arch/sh/include/asm/elf.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 c8bd2daf95ec..8322141ee480 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)) |