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Simplify our definitions of rmb() & wmb() using the new __SYNC() infrastructure. The fast_rmb() & fast_wmb() macros are removed, since they only provided a level of indirection that made the code less readable & weren't directly used anywhere in the kernel tree. The Octeon #ifdef'ery is removed, since the "syncw" instruction previously used is merely an alias for "sync 4" which __SYNC() will emit for the wmb sync type when the kernel is configured for an Octeon CPU. Similarly __SYNC() will emit nothing for the rmb sync type in Octeon configurations. Signed-off-by: Paul Burton <paul.burton@mips.com> Cc: linux-mips@vger.kernel.org Cc: Huacai Chen <chenhc@lemote.com> Cc: Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@flygoat.com> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.