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SubjectRe: [PATCH RFC] percpu: add data dependency barrier in percpu accessors and operations
On Tue, 17 Jun 2014, Tejun Heo wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 12:00:40PM -0400, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > Hello, Christoph.
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 10:56:10AM -0500, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> > > Uhhh no. The percpu stuff and the associated per cpu atomics are to be
> > > used for stuff that is per cpu specific and runs at the fastest speed
> > > doable at that level. Introducing implicit barriers is not that good an
> > > idea.
> >
> > Hmmm? Read barriers are noops on all archs except for alpha and
>
> Oops, data dependency barriers, not read barrier.

Even alpha maintains the illusion of changes becoming visible in the
proper order for the currently executing thread. No barriers are needed.




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