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diff --git a/kern/llsync.h b/kern/llsync.h
index 3852b0b9..4a0d0268 100644
--- a/kern/llsync.h
+++ b/kern/llsync.h
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
* supported architectures must guarantee that, when updating a word, and
* in turn a pointer, other processors reading that word obtain a valid
* value, that is either the previous or the next value of the word, but not
- * a mixed-up value. The llsync module provides the llsync_assign_ptr() and
- * llsync_read_ptr() wrappers that take care of low level details such as
+ * a mixed-up value. The llsync module provides the llsync_store_ptr() and
+ * llsync_load_ptr() wrappers that take care of low level details such as
* compiler and memory barriers, so that objects are completely built and
* consistent when published and accessed.
*
@@ -79,14 +79,14 @@
#include <kern/work.h>
/*
- * Safely assign a pointer.
+ * Safely store a pointer.
*/
-#define llsync_assign_ptr(ptr, value) atomic_store(&(ptr), value, ATOMIC_RELEASE)
+#define llsync_store_ptr(ptr, value) atomic_store(&(ptr), value, ATOMIC_RELEASE)
/*
- * Safely access a pointer.
+ * Safely load a pointer.
*/
-#define llsync_read_ptr(ptr) atomic_load(&(ptr), ATOMIC_CONSUME)
+#define llsync_load_ptr(ptr) atomic_load(&(ptr), ATOMIC_CONSUME)
/*
* Read-side critical section enter/exit functions.