Re: [PATCH] Documentation: circular-buffers: use READ_ONCE()
From: David Howells
Date: Wed Nov 16 2016 - 08:42:15 EST
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> While the {READ,WRITE}_ONCE() macros should be used in preference to
> ACCESS_ONCE(), the circular buffer documentation uses the latter
> exclusively.
>
> To point people in the right direction, and as a step towards the
> eventual removal of ACCESS_ONCE(), update the documentation to use
> READ_ONCE(), as ACCESS_ONCE() is only used in a reader context in the
> circular buffer documentation.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>