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diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index a1c81f80978e..33063f872ee3 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ static __always_inline void __read_once_size(volatile void *p, void *res, int si
}
}
-static __always_inline void __assign_once_size(volatile void *p, void *res, int size)
+static __always_inline void __write_once_size(volatile void *p, void *res, int size)
{
switch (size) {
case 1: *(volatile __u8 *)p = *(__u8 *)res; break;
@@ -235,15 +235,15 @@ static __always_inline void __assign_once_size(volatile void *p, void *res, int
/*
* Prevent the compiler from merging or refetching reads or writes. The
* compiler is also forbidden from reordering successive instances of
- * READ_ONCE, ASSIGN_ONCE and ACCESS_ONCE (see below), but only when the
+ * READ_ONCE, WRITE_ONCE and ACCESS_ONCE (see below), 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 READ_ONCE,
- * ASSIGN_ONCE or ACCESS_ONCE() in different C statements.
+ * WRITE_ONCE or ACCESS_ONCE() in different C statements.
*
* In contrast to ACCESS_ONCE these two macros will also work on aggregate
* data types like structs or unions. If the size of the accessed data
* type exceeds the word size of the machine (e.g., 32 bits or 64 bits)
- * READ_ONCE() and ASSIGN_ONCE() will fall back to memcpy and print a
+ * READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() will fall back to memcpy and print a
* compile-time warning.
*
* Their two major use cases are: (1) Mediating communication between
@@ -257,8 +257,8 @@ static __always_inline void __assign_once_size(volatile void *p, void *res, int
#define READ_ONCE(x) \
({ typeof(x) __val; __read_once_size(&x, &__val, sizeof(__val)); __val; })
-#define ASSIGN_ONCE(val, x) \
- ({ typeof(x) __val; __val = val; __assign_once_size(&x, &__val, sizeof(__val)); __val; })
+#define WRITE_ONCE(x, val) \
+ ({ typeof(x) __val; __val = val; __write_once_size(&x, &__val, sizeof(__val)); __val; })
#endif /* __KERNEL__ */