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

[Kautuk Consul]

On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 08:28:19AM +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote:
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> Le 22/02/2023 à 09:21, Kautuk Consul a écrit :
> >> 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.
> >>>
> 
> See https://docs.kernel.org/dev-tools/checkpatch.html, it says:
> 
> Checkpatch is not always right. Your judgement takes precedence over 
> checkpatch messages. If your code looks better with the violations, then 
> its probably best left alone.
> 
> checkpatch wants a comment for uses of memory barriers. Here I think it 
> is a false positive.
Cool. I will make the changes you mentioned.
Can you tell me which branch or git repo I should re-make this patch on ?