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    Subject[tip:locking/core] tools/memory-model/Documentation: Fix typo, smb->smp
    Commit-ID:  0fcff1715bec7593a0ba86f3fef46cd89af37a8b
    Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/0fcff1715bec7593a0ba86f3fef46cd89af37a8b
    Author: Yauheni Kaliuta <yauheni.kaliuta@redhat.com>
    AuthorDate: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 11:06:04 -0700
    Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
    CommitDate: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 09:30:35 +0200

    tools/memory-model/Documentation: Fix typo, smb->smp

    The tools/memory-model/Documentation/explanation.txt file says
    "For each other CPU C', smb_wmb() forces all po-earlier stores"
    This commit therefore replaces the "smb_wmb()" with "smp_wmb()".

    Signed-off-by: Yauheni Kaliuta <yauheni.kaliuta@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
    Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
    Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    Cc: akiyks@gmail.com
    Cc: boqun.feng@gmail.com
    Cc: dhowells@redhat.com
    Cc: j.alglave@ucl.ac.uk
    Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
    Cc: luc.maranget@inria.fr
    Cc: npiggin@gmail.com
    Cc: parri.andrea@gmail.com
    Cc: will.deacon@arm.com
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180716180605.16115-13-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com
    Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
    ---
    tools/memory-model/Documentation/explanation.txt | 2 +-
    1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

    diff --git a/tools/memory-model/Documentation/explanation.txt b/tools/memory-model/Documentation/explanation.txt
    index 1b09f3175a1f..0cbd1ef8f86d 100644
    --- a/tools/memory-model/Documentation/explanation.txt
    +++ b/tools/memory-model/Documentation/explanation.txt
    @@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ type of fence:
    Second, some types of fence affect the way the memory subsystem
    propagates stores. When a fence instruction is executed on CPU C:

    - For each other CPU C', smb_wmb() forces all po-earlier stores
    + For each other CPU C', smp_wmb() forces all po-earlier stores
    on C to propagate to C' before any po-later stores do.

    For each other CPU C', any store which propagates to C before
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