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[PATCH 4/4] doc,smp: Remove ambiguous statement in smp_store_mb()

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  [PATCH 4/4] doc,smp: Remove ambiguous statement in smp_store_mb() Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net> - 2015-10-27 21:00 +0100

#1257165 — [PATCH 4/4] doc,smp: Remove ambiguous statement in smp_store_mb()

It serves no purpose but to confuse readers, and is most
likely a left over from constant memory-barriers.txt
updates. Ie:

http://lists.openwall.net/linux-kernel/2006/07/15/27

Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
---
 Documentation/memory-barriers.txt | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
index b5fe765..ee6fbb0 100644
--- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
@@ -1683,8 +1683,8 @@ There are some more advanced barrier functions:
  (*) smp_store_mb(var, value)
 
      This assigns the value to the variable and then inserts a full memory
-     barrier after it, depending on the function.  It isn't guaranteed to
-     insert anything more than a compiler barrier in a UP compilation.
+     barrier after it.  It isn't guaranteed to insert anything more than a
+     compiler barrier in a UP compilation.
 
 
  (*) smp_mb__before_atomic();
-- 
2.1.4

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