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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-10-12 15:17:14 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-10-12 15:17:14 +0200 |
| commit | 620f2efcdc5c7a2db68da41bc3df3cf9a718024e (patch) | |
| tree | b1a0411e2588953777d0b10245b12044c33cef54 /include/linux/compiler.h | |
| parent | 04944b793e18ece23f63c0252646b310c1845940 (diff) | |
| parent | fd048088306656824958e7783ffcee27e241b361 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/xsave
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)) |