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[linux-2.6.git] / include / linux / rcupdate.h
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@@ -238,24 +238,6 @@ static inline int rcu_pending(int cpu)
                                (_________p1); \
                                })
 
-/**
- * rcu_assign_pointer - assign (publicize) a pointer to a newly
- * initialized structure that will be dereferenced by RCU read-side
- * critical sections.  Returns the value assigned.
- *
- * Inserts memory barriers on architectures that require them
- * (pretty much all of them other than x86), and also prevents
- * the compiler from reordering the code that initializes the
- * structure after the pointer assignment.  More importantly, this
- * call documents which pointers will be dereferenced by RCU read-side
- * code.
- */
-
-#define rcu_assign_pointer(p, v)       ({ \
-                                               smp_wmb(); \
-                                               (p) = (v); \
-                                       })
-
 extern void rcu_init(void);
 extern void rcu_check_callbacks(int cpu, int user);
 extern void rcu_restart_cpu(int cpu);