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| author | Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> | 2010-05-17 17:24:04 +0100 |
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| committer | Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> | 2010-05-17 17:24:04 +0100 |
| commit | ac1d426e825ab5778995f2f6f053ca2e6b45c622 (patch) | |
| tree | 75b91356ca39463e0112931aa6790802fb1e07a2 /Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt | |
| parent | fda0e18c8a7a3e02747c2b045b4fcd2c920410b9 (diff) | |
| parent | a3685f00652af83f12b63e3b4ef48f29581ba48b (diff) | |
Merge branch 'devel-stable' into devel
Conflicts:
arch/arm/Kconfig
arch/arm/include/asm/system.h
arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt b/Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt index 991c26a6ef64..db0cb228d64a 100644 --- a/Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt +++ b/Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt @@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ way to perform a busy wait is: cpu_relax(); The cpu_relax() call can lower CPU power consumption or yield to a -hyperthreaded twin processor; it also happens to serve as a memory barrier, -so, once again, volatile is unnecessary. Of course, busy-waiting is -generally an anti-social act to begin with. +hyperthreaded twin processor; it also happens to serve as a compiler +barrier, so, once again, volatile is unnecessary. Of course, busy- +waiting is generally an anti-social act to begin with. There are still a few rare situations where volatile makes sense in the kernel: |