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[PATCH] remove set_wmb - doc update

This patch removes the reference to set_wmb from memory-barriers.txt
since it shouldn't be used.

Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Steven Rostedt 19 years ago
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Documentation/memory-barriers.txt

@@ -1015,10 +1015,9 @@ CPU from reordering them.
 There are some more advanced barrier functions:
 There are some more advanced barrier functions:
 
 
  (*) set_mb(var, value)
  (*) set_mb(var, value)
- (*) set_wmb(var, value)
 
 
-     These assign the value to the variable and then insert at least a write
-     barrier after it, depending on the function.  They aren't guaranteed to
+     This assigns the value to the variable and then inserts at least a write
+     barrier after it, depending on the function.  It isn't guaranteed to
      insert anything more than a compiler barrier in a UP compilation.
      insert anything more than a compiler barrier in a UP compilation.