linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation/memory-barriers: fix wrong comment in example

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Message-ID: <26215.1456135273@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 22 Feb 2016 10:01:13 +0000
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	SeongJae Park <sj38.park@...il.com>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, Paul McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	linux-doc <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/memory-barriers: fix wrong comment in example

SeongJae Park <sj38.park@...il.com> wrote:

>   a = 0;
>   /* Code that does not store to variable a. */
> + does_not_change_a();
>   a = 0;

Since it's not actually code that's meant to be executed, you could make it:

	a = 0;
	... code that does not store to variable a ...
	a = 0;

David