Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 19 Feb 2018 18:43:34 +0100 | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] tools/memory-model: remove rb-dep, smp_read_barrier_depends, and lockless_dereference |
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On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 12:14:45PM -0500, Alan Stern wrote: > This leaves us with a question: Do we want to change the kernel by > adding memory barriers after unsuccessful RMW operations on Alpha, or > do we want to change the model by excluding such operations from > address dependencies?
I think we want to put all the 'pain and weirdness' in Alpha.
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