[PATCH] arch/powerpc/include/asm/barrier.h: redefine rmb and wmb to lwsync

Kautuk Consul kconsul at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Wed Feb 22 19:21:10 AEDT 2023


> On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 07:02:34AM +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> > > +/* Redefine rmb() to lwsync. */
> > 
> > WHat's the added value of this comment ? Isn't it obvious in the line 
> > below that rmb() is being defined to lwsync ? Please avoid useless comments.
> Sure.
Sorry, forgot to add that I wasn't adding this useless comment.
Its just that checkpatch.pl complains that the memory barrier #define
doesn't have a comment for it.
> > 


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