Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Chase Venters <> | Subject | [PATCH] Fix jiffies.h comment | Date | Thu, 12 Oct 2006 01:12:46 -0500 |
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jiffies.h includes a comment informing that jiffies_64 must be read with the assistance of the xtime_lock seqlock. The comment text, however, calls jiffies_64 "not volatile", which should probably read "not atomic".
Signed-off-by: Chase Venters <chase.venters@clientec.com>
diff --git a/include/linux/jiffies.h b/include/linux/jiffies.h index c8d5f20..0ec6e28 100644 --- a/include/linux/jiffies.h +++ b/include/linux/jiffies.h @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ #define TICK_USEC_TO_NSEC(TUSEC) (SH_DIV #define __jiffy_data __attribute__((section(".data"))) /* - * The 64-bit value is not volatile - you MUST NOT read it + * The 64-bit value is not atomic - you MUST NOT read it * without sampling the sequence number in xtime_lock. * get_jiffies_64() will do this for you as appropriate. */ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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