Merge tag 'modules-next-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git...

[uclinux-h8/linux.git] / include / linux / rcupdate.h

diff --git a/include/linux/rcupdate.h b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
index 33a056b..4cf5f51 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/rcupdate.h
+++ b/include/linux/rcupdate.h
@@ -633,21 +633,6 @@ static inline void rcu_preempt_sleep_check(void)
 #define RCU_INITIALIZER(v) (typeof(*(v)) __force __rcu *)(v)
 
 /**
- * lockless_dereference() - safely load a pointer for later dereference
- * @p: The pointer to load
- *
- * Similar to rcu_dereference(), but for situations where the pointed-to
- * object's lifetime is managed by something other than RCU.  That
- * "something other" might be reference counting or simple immortality.
- */
-#define lockless_dereference(p) \
-({ \
-       typeof(p) _________p1 = READ_ONCE(p); \
-       smp_read_barrier_depends(); /* Dependency order vs. p above. */ \
-       (_________p1); \
-})
-
-/**
  * rcu_assign_pointer() - assign to RCU-protected pointer
  * @p: pointer to assign to
  * @v: value to assign (publish)