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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-10-28 16:54:49 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2008-10-28 16:54:49 +0100
commitd1a76187a5be4f89c6cb19d800cb5fb7aac735c5 (patch)
tree2fac3ffbfffc7560eeef8364b541d0d7a0057920 /include/linux/compiler.h
parentc7e78cff6b7518212247fb20b1dc6411540dc9af (diff)
parent0173a3265b228da319ceb9c1ec6a5682fd1b2d92 (diff)
Merge commit 'v2.6.28-rc2' into core/locking
Conflicts: arch/um/include/asm/system.h
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/compiler.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/compiler.h6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index c8bd2daf95ec..98115d9d04da 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ extern void __chk_io_ptr(const volatile void __iomem *);
# error Sorry, your compiler is too old/not recognized.
#endif
+#define notrace __attribute__((no_instrument_function))
+
/* Intel compiler defines __GNUC__. So we will overwrite implementations
* coming from above header files here
*/
@@ -190,7 +192,9 @@ extern void __chk_io_ptr(const volatile void __iomem *);
* 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.
+ * merging, or refetching absolutely anything at any time. Its main intended
+ * use is to mediate communication between process-level code and irq/NMI
+ * handlers, all running on the same CPU.
*/
#define ACCESS_ONCE(x) (*(volatile typeof(x) *)&(x))