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authorJason Gunthorpe <jgg@mellanox.com>2018-01-29 13:26:40 -0700
committerJason Gunthorpe <jgg@mellanox.com>2018-01-30 09:30:00 -0700
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Merge tag v4.15 of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git
To resolve conflicts in: drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/main.c drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c From patches merged into the -rc cycle. The conflict resolution matches what linux-next has been carrying. Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@mellanox.com>
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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.
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