Re: [PATCH] bitops: add _local bitops

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 05/09/2012 12:19 PM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> Secondly: can KVM just use __set_bit() and friends?  I suspect those
> interfaces happen to meet your requirements.  At least on architectures
> you care about.
> 

__set_bit() and friends right now don't have optimization barriers,
meaning the compiler is free to move them around.

	-hpa
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