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@@ -220,8 +220,7 @@ before it writes the new tail pointer, which will erase the item.
Note the use of READ_ONCE() and smp_load_acquire() to read the
opposition index. This prevents the compiler from discarding and
-reloading its cached value - which some compilers will do across
-smp_read_barrier_depends(). This isn't strictly needed if you can
+reloading its cached value. This isn't strictly needed if you can
be sure that the opposition index will _only_ be used the once.
The smp_load_acquire() additionally forces the CPU to order against
subsequent memory references. Similarly, smp_store_release() is used