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rtnetlink: Update now-misleading smp_read_barrier_depends() comment 

Now that READ_ONCE() implies smp_read_barrier_depends(), update the
rtnl_dereference() header comment accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Vladislav Yasevich <vyasevic@redhat.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Vlad Yasevich <vyasevich@gmail.com>
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Paul E. McKenney 2017-10-09 10:37:22 -07:00
parent 137f61f652
commit 1ba9c5e6c6
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@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ static inline bool lockdep_rtnl_is_held(void)
* @p: The pointer to read, prior to dereferencing
*
* Return the value of the specified RCU-protected pointer, but omit
* both the smp_read_barrier_depends() and the READ_ONCE(), because
* caller holds RTNL.
* the READ_ONCE(), because caller holds RTNL.
*/
#define rtnl_dereference(p) \
rcu_dereference_protected(p, lockdep_rtnl_is_held())