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-rw-r--r--include/linux/compiler.h12
-rw-r--r--include/linux/rcupdate.h12
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index dcae0c8d97e6..c8bd2daf95ec 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -182,4 +182,16 @@ extern void __chk_io_ptr(const volatile void __iomem *);
# define __section(S) __attribute__ ((__section__(#S)))
#endif
+/*
+ * Prevent the compiler from merging or refetching accesses. The compiler
+ * is also forbidden from reordering successive instances of ACCESS_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
+ * 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.
+ */
+#define ACCESS_ONCE(x) (*(volatile typeof(x) *)&(x))
+
#endif /* __LINUX_COMPILER_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 8082d6587a0f..d42dbec06083 100644
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -131,18 +131,6 @@ struct rcu_head {
*/
#define rcu_read_unlock_bh() __rcu_read_unlock_bh()
-/*
- * Prevent the compiler from merging or refetching accesses. The compiler
- * is also forbidden from reordering successive instances of ACCESS_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
- * 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.
- */
-#define ACCESS_ONCE(x) (*(volatile typeof(x) *)&(x))
-
/**
* rcu_dereference - fetch an RCU-protected pointer in an
* RCU read-side critical section. This pointer may later