Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arjan/linux...

[linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git] / include / linux / compiler.h

diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index c8bd2daf95ec51e0f42ad05e6b8c13be1300ce16..8322141ee480c802ee6919d0f13a86218e45bfc4 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -190,7 +190,9 @@ extern void __chk_io_ptr(const volatile void __iomem *);
  * ACCESS_ONCE() in different C statements.
  *
  * This macro does absolutely -nothing- to prevent the CPU from reordering,
- * merging, or refetching absolutely anything at any time.
+ * merging, or refetching absolutely anything at any time.  Its main intended
+ * use is to mediate communication between process-level code and irq/NMI
+ * handlers, all running on the same CPU.
  */
 #define ACCESS_ONCE(x) (*(volatile typeof(x) *)&(x))