Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 5 Dec 2013 11:59:28 +0100 | From | Henrik Austad <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4 tip/core/locking 0/4] Memory-barrier documentation updates |
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On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 02:46:28PM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > Hello!
Hi Paul,
> 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.
Just me, or is the 3rd patch missing from lkml?
> 4. Document what ACCESS_ONCE() does along with a number of situations > requiring its use.
This was very useful, thanks! :)
-- Henrik Austad
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