[RFC] arch: Introduce new TSO memory barrier smp_tmb()

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz at infradead.org> wrote:
>  Documentation/memory-barriers.txt     |  157 +++++++++++++++++-----------------
>  arch/alpha/include/asm/barrier.h      |   15 +++
>  arch/arc/include/asm/barrier.h        |   15 +++
>  arch/arm/include/asm/barrier.h        |   15 +++
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/barrier.h      |   50 ++++++++++
>  arch/avr32/include/asm/barrier.h      |   14 +++
>  arch/blackfin/include/asm/barrier.h   |   15 +++
>  arch/cris/include/asm/barrier.h       |   15 +++
>  arch/frv/include/asm/barrier.h        |   15 +++
>  arch/h8300/include/asm/barrier.h      |   15 +++
>  arch/hexagon/include/asm/barrier.h    |   15 +++
>  arch/ia64/include/asm/barrier.h       |   49 ++++++++++
>  arch/m32r/include/asm/barrier.h       |   15 +++
>  arch/m68k/include/asm/barrier.h       |   15 +++
>  arch/metag/include/asm/barrier.h      |   15 +++
>  arch/microblaze/include/asm/barrier.h |   15 +++
>  arch/mips/include/asm/barrier.h       |   15 +++
>  arch/mn10300/include/asm/barrier.h    |   15 +++
>  arch/parisc/include/asm/barrier.h     |   15 +++
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/barrier.h    |   21 ++++
>  arch/s390/include/asm/barrier.h       |   15 +++
>  arch/score/include/asm/barrier.h      |   15 +++
>  arch/sh/include/asm/barrier.h         |   15 +++
>  arch/sparc/include/asm/barrier_32.h   |   15 +++
>  arch/sparc/include/asm/barrier_64.h   |   15 +++
>  arch/tile/include/asm/barrier.h       |   15 +++
>  arch/unicore32/include/asm/barrier.h  |   15 +++
>  arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h        |   15 +++
>  arch/xtensa/include/asm/barrier.h     |   15 +++
>  include/linux/compiler.h              |    9 +
>  30 files changed, 581 insertions(+), 79 deletions(-)

This is screaming for a default implementation in asm-generic.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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