linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL de-alpha] Make core code not need to know about Alpha for v4.15

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Message-ID: <20171024093253.4fx2ev3av7vu7ky5@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 24 Oct 2017 11:32:53 +0200
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
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
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL de-alpha] Make core code not need to know about Alpha
 for v4.15


* Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> Mark Rutland (14):
>       dm integrity: Kill off ACCESS_ONCE()
>       EDAC, altera: Kill off ACCESS_ONCE()
>       firmware/ivc: Kill off ACCESS_ONCE()
>       fs: dcache: Kill off ACCESS_ONCE()
>       fs: ncpfs: Kill off ACCESS_ONCE()
>       media: dvb_ringbuffer: Kill off ACCESS_ONCE()
>       net: netlink/netfilter: Kill off ACCESS_ONCE()
>       net/ipv4/tcp_input.c: Kill off ACCESS_ONCE()
>       net: average: Kill off ACCESS_ONCE()
>       samples: mic/mpssd/mpssd.c: Kill off ACCESS_ONCE()
>       selftests/powerpc: Kill off ACCESS_ONCE()
>       workqueue: Kill off ACCESS_ONCE()
>       rcutorture: formal: Prepare for ACCESS_ONCE() removal
>       COCCINELLE: treewide: kill off ACCESS_ONCE()
> 
> Paul E. McKenney (3):
>       doc: filesystems: Kill off ACCESS_ONCE()
>       mm: Kill off ACCESS_ONCE()

Quick question: are there any ACCESS_ONCE() users left after this? If not then we 
should add a separate patch that either removes it, or at least adds a build time 
warning which should trigger with new users.

Thanks,

	Ingo