linux-kernel - [PATCH resend] linux/compiler.h: fix stale comment on {READ,WRITE}

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Date:	Thu, 10 Mar 2016 01:16:57 +0100
From:	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Subject: [PATCH resend] linux/compiler.h: fix stale comment on {READ,WRITE}_ONCE

Commit 7bd3e239d6c6 ("locking: Remove atomicy checks from
{READ,WRITE}_ONCE") removed said warning.

Acked-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
---
Andrew, can you pick this up please?

 include/linux/compiler.h | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index 48f5aab117ae..062b6ad95276 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -263,8 +263,7 @@ static __always_inline void __write_once_size(volatile void *p, void *res, int s
  * 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.
+ * READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE()  will fall back to memcpy.
  *
  * Their two major use cases are: (1) Mediating communication between
  * process-level code and irq/NMI handlers, all running on the same CPU,
-- 
2.1.4