linux-kernel - [PATCH 05/19] fs: ncpfs: Kill off ACCESS

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Date:   Mon, 23 Oct 2017 14:07:15 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     mingo@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        will.deacon@....com, mark.rutland@....com, snitzer@...hat.com,
        thor.thayer@...ux.intel.com, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
        davem@...emloft.net, shuah@...nel.org, mpe@...erman.id.au,
        tj@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        Petr Vandrovec <petr@...drovec.name>
Subject: [PATCH 05/19] fs: ncpfs: Kill off ACCESS_ONCE()

From: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>

The NCPFS code has some stale comments regarding ACCESS_ONCE() uses
which were removed a long time ago.

Let's remove the stale comments.

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Petr Vandrovec <petr@...drovec.name>
---
 fs/ncpfs/dir.c | 9 ---------
 1 file changed, 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
index 088f52484d6e..72cfaa253a8f 100644
--- a/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ncpfs/dir.c
@@ -119,10 +119,6 @@ static inline int ncp_case_sensitive(const struct inode *i)
 /*
  * Note: leave the hash unchanged if the directory
  * is case-sensitive.
- *
- * Accessing the parent inode can be racy under RCU pathwalking.
- * Use ACCESS_ONCE() to make sure we use _one_ particular inode,
- * the callers will handle races.
  */
 static int 
 ncp_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *this)
@@ -147,11 +143,6 @@ ncp_hash_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry, struct qstr *this)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * Accessing the parent inode can be racy under RCU pathwalking.
- * Use ACCESS_ONCE() to make sure we use _one_ particular inode,
- * the callers will handle races.
- */
 static int
 ncp_compare_dentry(const struct dentry *dentry,
 		unsigned int len, const char *str, const struct qstr *name)
-- 
2.5.2