| Date | Tue, 26 Jun 2018 19:14:54 +0200 | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 16/27] rcu: Add comment documenting how rcu_seq_snap works |
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On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 05:35:02PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > From: "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@joelfernandes.org> > > rcu_seq_snap may be tricky to decipher. Lets document how it works with > an example to make it easier.
Since you had me looking at them functions; why isn't rcu_seq_snap() using smp_load_acquire() and rcu_seq_end() using smp_store_release() ? Their respective comments seem to suggest that would be sufficent.
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