linux-kernel - [PATCH tip/core/rcu 19/21] netlink: Remove smp_read_barrier

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Date:   Fri,  1 Dec 2017 11:51:14 -0800
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     mingo@...nel.org, jiangshanlai@...il.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
        josh@...htriplett.org, tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org,
        rostedt@...dmis.org, dhowells@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
        fweisbec@...il.com, oleg@...hat.com,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
        Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...ckhole.kfki.hu>,
        Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
        <netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org>, <coreteam@...filter.org>
Subject: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 19/21] netlink: Remove smp_read_barrier_depends() from comment

Now that smp_read_barrier_depends() has been de-emphasized, the less
said about it, the better.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
Cc: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...ckhole.kfki.hu>
Cc: Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
Cc: <netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: <coreteam@...filter.org>
---
 include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h b/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h
index 495ba4dd9da5..34551f8aaf9d 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h
@@ -67,8 +67,7 @@ static inline bool lockdep_nfnl_is_held(__u8 subsys_id)
  * @ss: The nfnetlink subsystem ID
  *
  * Return the value of the specified RCU-protected pointer, but omit
- * both the smp_read_barrier_depends() and the READ_ONCE(), because
- * caller holds the NFNL subsystem mutex.
+ * the READ_ONCE(), because caller holds the NFNL subsystem mutex.
  */
 #define nfnl_dereference(p, ss)					\
 	rcu_dereference_protected(p, lockdep_nfnl_is_held(ss))
-- 
2.5.2