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authorMark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>2017-11-27 13:38:22 +0300
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2017-12-12 15:22:10 +0300
commit2a22f692bbe0a7933acbd50045479ffc0fdf11f7 (patch)
tree10b1bbe473ab61bdf8d9ef3d88242e1c6713ed86 /tools/include/linux/compiler.h
parentf971e511cb7d6f1b3730248cf2967d3ccdd8874c (diff)
downloadlinux-2a22f692bbe0a7933acbd50045479ffc0fdf11f7.tar.xz
tools/include: Remove ACCESS_ONCE()
There are no longer any usersapce uses of ACCESS_ONCE(), so we can remove the definition from our userspace <linux/compiler.h>, which is only used by tools in the kernel directory (i.e. it isn't a uapi header). This patch removes the ACCESS_ONCE() definition, and updates comments which referred to it. At the same time, some inconsistent and redundant whitespace is removed from comments. Tested-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: apw@canonical.com Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171127103824.36526-3-mark.rutland@arm.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/include/linux/compiler.h')
-rw-r--r--tools/include/linux/compiler.h21
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/tools/include/linux/compiler.h b/tools/include/linux/compiler.h
index 07fd03c74a77..04e32f965ad7 100644
--- a/tools/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/tools/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@
#define uninitialized_var(x) x = *(&(x))
-#define ACCESS_ONCE(x) (*(volatile typeof(x) *)&(x))
-
#include <linux/types.h>
/*
@@ -135,20 +133,19 @@ static __always_inline void __write_once_size(volatile void *p, void *res, int s
/*
* Prevent the compiler from merging or refetching reads or writes. The
* compiler is also forbidden from reordering successive instances of
- * READ_ONCE, WRITE_ONCE and ACCESS_ONCE (see below), but only when the
- * compiler is aware of some particular ordering. One way to make the
- * compiler aware of ordering is to put the two invocations of READ_ONCE,
- * WRITE_ONCE or ACCESS_ONCE() in different C statements.
+ * READ_ONCE and WRITE_ONCE, but only when the compiler is aware of some
+ * particular ordering. One way to make the compiler aware of ordering is to
+ * put the two invocations of READ_ONCE or WRITE_ONCE in different C
+ * statements.
*
- * 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.
+ * 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.
*
* Their two major use cases are: (1) Mediating communication between
* process-level code and irq/NMI handlers, all running on the same CPU,
- * and (2) Ensuring that the compiler does not fold, spindle, or otherwise
+ * and (2) Ensuring that the compiler does not fold, spindle, or otherwise
* mutilate accesses that either do not require ordering or that interact
* with an explicit memory barrier or atomic instruction that provides the
* required ordering.