X-Git-Url: http://drtracing.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=Documentation%2Fvolatile-considered-harmful.txt;h=db0cb228d64aa4a80a4fe380be3e46439de810e6;hb=1383923d1985cef2bceb8128094fbe5e05de7435;hp=991c26a6ef64fcfdef0fc870d3ed404f55751407;hpb=aef8755711a28bb0ecde7780ae6613fcb62cf6f7;p=deliverable%2Flinux.git 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: