[PATCH v2] barriers: introduce smp_mb__release_acquire and update documentation
Paul E. McKenney
paulmck at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Sat Oct 10 04:44:18 AEDT 2015
On Fri, Oct 09, 2015 at 01:25:54PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 09, 2015 at 10:51:29AM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> > > The corresponding litmus tests are below.
> >
> > How do people feel about including these in memory-barriers.txt? I find
> > them considerably easier to read than our current kernel code + list of
> > possible orderings + wall of text, but there's a good chance that my
> > brain has been corrupted from staring at this stuff for too long.
>
> Your brain is corrupt (but then, so probably is mine, just differently
> so).
>
> I've not yet mastered the knack of reading those things; then again, I
> suspect its not too hard, just not something I've had the time to play
> with.
It does take a bit of practice, but is worth the effort. Of course,
I -would- say that. ;-)
Thanx, Paul
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