Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Sep 2013 15:48:02 +0200 | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v6 5/6] MCS Lock: Restructure the MCS lock defines and locking code into its own file |
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On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 06:44:55AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > It's a CHK test, so it's only tested with --strict > > $ scripts/checkpatch.pl -f --strict kernel/mutex.c 2>&1 | grep memory > CHECK: memory barrier without comment > CHECK: memory barrier without comment > > It could be changed to WARN so it's always on.
Yes please, we can't be too careful with memory barriers.
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