Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 28 Jun 2018 15:52:06 +0200 | From | Andrea Parri <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/3] locking: Clarify requirements for smp_mb__after_spinlock() |
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> > + * smp_mb__after_spinlock() provides a full memory barrier between po-earlier > > + * lock acquisitions and po-later memory accesses. > > How about saying "provides the equivalent of a full memory barrier"? > > The point being that smp_mb__after_spinlock doesn't have to provide an > actual barrier; it just has to ensure the behavior is the same as if a > full barrier were present.
Agreed; will fix in the next version. Thanks,
Andrea
> > Alan >
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