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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 tip/core/locking 0/4] Memory-barrier documentation updates
On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 02:46:28PM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> Hello!
>
> This series applies some long-needed updates to memory-barriers.txt:
>
> 1. Add ACCESS_ONCE() calls where needed to ensure their inclusion
> in code copy-and-pasted from this file.
>
> 2. Add long atomic examples alongside the existing atomics.
>
> 3. Prohibit architectures supporting the Linux kernel from
> speculating stores.
>
> 4. Document what ACCESS_ONCE() does along with a number of situations
> requiring its use.

For all four patches in v4:

Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>


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