Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 31 Jul 2017 11:16:48 -0400 | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH]: x86: clarify/fix no-op barriers for text_poke_bp() |
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On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 17:04:11 +0200 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
> Well, this is x86, its a NO-OP. The only reason to write barriers like
Is it really a nop?
> that is for documentation purposes and in that regard is confuses. IOW > has negative value.
Not arguing. But a comment would have helped, even if it was
/* This isn't really needed, but just being paranoid */
-- Steve
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