Re: [PATCH] Document Linux's memory barriers

[Chuck Ebbert]

In-Reply-To: <31492.1141753245@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 17:40:45 +0000, David Howells wrote:

> The attached patch documents the Linux kernel's memory barriers.

References:

AMD64 Architecture Programmer's Manual Volume 2: System Programming
        Chapter 7.1: Memory-Access Ordering
        Chapter 7.4: Buffering and Combining Memory Writes

IA-32 Intel Architecture Software Developer?s Manual, Volume 3:
System Programming Guide
        Chapter 7.1: Locked Atomic Operations
        Chapter 7.2: Memory Ordering
        Chapter 7.4: Serializing Instructions




-- 
Chuck
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