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diff --git a/include/asm-i386/uaccess.h b/include/asm-i386/uaccess.h
index 8462f8e0e658..d0d253277be5 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/uaccess.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/uaccess.h
@@ -458,6 +458,12 @@ __copy_to_user(void __user *to, const void *from, unsigned long n)
458 * 458 *
459 * If some data could not be copied, this function will pad the copied 459 * If some data could not be copied, this function will pad the copied
460 * data to the requested size using zero bytes. 460 * data to the requested size using zero bytes.
461 *
462 * An alternate version - __copy_from_user_inatomic() - may be called from
463 * atomic context and will fail rather than sleep. In this case the
464 * uncopied bytes will *NOT* be padded with zeros. See fs/filemap.h
465 * for explanation of why this is needed.
466 * FIXME this isn't implimented yet EMXIF
461 */ 467 */
462static __always_inline unsigned long 468static __always_inline unsigned long
463__copy_from_user_inatomic(void *to, const void __user *from, unsigned long n) 469__copy_from_user_inatomic(void *to, const void __user *from, unsigned long n)