[PATCH] Remove workaround for unimmunized rcu_dereference from mce_log()

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Remove the rmb() from mce_log(), since the immunized version of
rcu_dereference() makes it unnecessary.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]>
---

 mce.c |    3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff -urpNa -X dontdiff linux-2.6.22-volrcud/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c linux-2.6.22-volrcud-mcefix/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c
--- linux-2.6.22-volrcud/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c	2007-07-08 16:32:17.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.22-volrcud-mcefix/arch/x86_64/kernel/mce.c	2007-07-11 17:22:06.000000000 -0700
@@ -67,9 +67,6 @@ void mce_log(struct mce *mce)
 	wmb();
 	for (;;) {
 		entry = rcu_dereference(mcelog.next);
-		/* The rmb forces the compiler to reload next in each
-		    iteration */
-		rmb();
 		for (;;) {
 			/* When the buffer fills up discard new entries. Assume
 			   that the earlier errors are the more interesting. */
-
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