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authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2017-10-09 10:37:22 -0700
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2017-12-04 10:52:54 -0800
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rtnetlink: Update now-misleading smp_read_barrier_depends() comment
Now that READ_ONCE() implies smp_read_barrier_depends(), update the rtnl_dereference() header comment accordingly. Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Vladislav Yasevich <vyasevic@redhat.com> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com> Cc: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@gmail.com>
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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
index 2032ce2eb20b..1eadec3fc228 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ static inline bool lockdep_rtnl_is_held(void)
* @p: The pointer to read, prior to dereferencing
*
* Return the value of the specified RCU-protected pointer, but omit
- * both the smp_read_barrier_depends() and the READ_ONCE(), because
- * caller holds RTNL.
+ * the READ_ONCE(), because caller holds RTNL.
*/
#define rtnl_dereference(p) \
rcu_dereference_protected(p, lockdep_rtnl_is_held())