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SubjectRe: [PATCH 04/11] General notification queue with user mmap()'able ring buffer [ver #7]
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Hillf Danton <hdanton@sina.com> wrote:

> > + smp_store_release(&buf->meta.head, head);
>
> Add a line of comment for the paring smp_load_acquire().
> I did not find it in 04/11.

You won't find smp_load_acquire() - it's not in the kernel, though if you look
in the sample, you'll find the corresponding barrier in userspace. Note that
there's a further implicit barrier you don't see.

I've added the comments:

/* Barrier against userspace, ordering data read before tail read */
ring_tail = READ_ONCE(buf->meta.tail);

and:

/* Barrier against userspace, ordering head update after data write. */
smp_store_release(&buf->meta.head, head);

David

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