-/*
- * Prevent the compiler from merging or refetching accesses. The compiler
- * is also forbidden from reordering successive instances of ACCESS_ONCE(),
- * but only when the compiler is aware of some particular ordering. One way
- * to make the compiler aware of ordering is to put the two invocations of
- * 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. 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))
-
-/**
- * rcu_dereference - fetch an RCU-protected pointer in an
- * RCU read-side critical section. This pointer may later
- * be safely dereferenced.
- *
- * Inserts memory barriers on architectures that require them
- * (currently only the Alpha), and, more importantly, documents
- * exactly which pointers are protected by RCU.
- */
-
-#define rcu_dereference(p) ({ \
- typeof(p) _________p1 = ACCESS_ONCE(p); \
- smp_read_barrier_depends(); \
- (_________p1); \
- })
-
-#define SIGURCU SIGUSR1