[PATCH] Fix jiffies.h comment

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jiffies.h includes a comment informing that jiffies_64 must be read with the 
assistance of the xtime_lock seqlock. The comment text, however, calls 
jiffies_64 "not volatile", which should probably read "not atomic".

Signed-off-by: Chase Venters <[email protected]>

diff --git a/include/linux/jiffies.h b/include/linux/jiffies.h
index c8d5f20..0ec6e28 100644
--- a/include/linux/jiffies.h
+++ b/include/linux/jiffies.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ #define TICK_USEC_TO_NSEC(TUSEC) (SH_DIV
 #define __jiffy_data  __attribute__((section(".data")))
 
 /*
- * The 64-bit value is not volatile - you MUST NOT read it
+ * The 64-bit value is not atomic - you MUST NOT read it
  * without sampling the sequence number in xtime_lock.
  * get_jiffies_64() will do this for you as appropriate.
  */
-
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