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tools/include: Remove ACCESS_ONCE()

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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>
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Mark Rutland 2017-11-27 10:38:22 +00:00 committed by Ingo Molnar
parent f971e511cb
commit 2a22f692bb
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@ -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.