The patch titled
Subject: linux/compiler.h: fix stale comment on {READ,WRITE}_ONCE
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
linux-compilerh-fix-stale-comment-on-readwrite_once.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/linux-compilerh-fix-stale-comment-on-readwrite_once.patch
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http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/linux-compilerh-fix-stale-comment-on-readwrite_once.patch
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From: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: linux/compiler.h: fix stale comment on {READ,WRITE}_ONCE
Commit 7bd3e239d6c6 ("locking: Remove atomicy checks from
{READ,WRITE}_ONCE") removed said warning.
Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/compiler.h | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN include/linux/compiler.h~linux-compilerh-fix-stale-comment-on-readwrite_once include/linux/compiler.h
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h~linux-compilerh-fix-stale-comment-on-readwrite_once
+++ a/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -263,8 +263,7 @@ static __always_inline void __write_once
* In contrast to ACCESS_ONCE these two macros will also work on aggregate
* data types like structs or unions. If the size of the accessed data
* type exceeds the word size of the machine (e.g., 32 bits or 64 bits)
- * READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() will fall back to memcpy and print a
- * compile-time warning.
+ * READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() will fall back to memcpy.
*
* Their two major use cases are: (1) Mediating communication between
* process-level code and irq/NMI handlers, all running on the same CPU,
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
linux-compilerh-fix-stale-comment-on-readwrite_once.patch
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