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rcu: remove redundant ACCESS_ONCE definition from rcupreempt.c

Remove the redundant definition of ACCESS_ONCE() from rcupreempt.c in
favor of the one in compiler.h.  Also merge the comment header from
rcupreempt.c's definition into that in compiler.h.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Paul E. McKenney 16 years ago
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2 changed files with 3 additions and 9 deletions
  1. 3 1
      include/linux/compiler.h
  2. 0 8
      kernel/rcupreempt.c

+ 3 - 1
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))
 

+ 0 - 8
kernel/rcupreempt.c

@@ -58,14 +58,6 @@
 #include <linux/cpumask.h>
 #include <linux/rcupreempt_trace.h>
 
-/*
- * Macro that prevents the compiler from reordering accesses, but does
- * absolutely -nothing- to prevent CPUs from reordering.  This is used
- * only to mediate communication between mainline code and hardware
- * interrupt and NMI handlers.
- */
-#define ACCESS_ONCE(x) (*(volatile typeof(x) *)&(x))
-
 /*
  * PREEMPT_RCU data structures.
  */