Re: [PATCH v3 tip/core/locking 0/3] Memory-barrier documentationupdates

[Josh Triplett]

On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 11:26:57AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> This series applies some long-needed updates to memory-barriers.txt:
> 
> 1.	Add ACCESS_ONCE() calls where needed to ensure their inclusion
> 	in code copy-and-pasted from this file.
> 
> 2.	Add long atomic examples alongside the existing atomics.
> 
> 3.	Prohibit architectures supporting the Linux kernel from
> 	speculating stores.
> 
> Changes from v2:
> 
> o	Update examples so that that load against which the subsequent
> 	store is to be ordered is part of the "if" condition.
> 
> o	Add an example showing how the compiler can remove "if"
> 	conditions and how to prevent it from doing so.
> 
> o	Add ACCESS_ONCE() to the compiler-barrier section.
> 
> o	Add a sentence noting that transitivity requires smp_mb().
> 
> Changes from v1:
> 
> o	Combined with Peter Zijlstra's speculative-store-prohibition patch.
> 
> o	Added more pitfalls to avoid when prohibiting speculative
> 	stores, along with how to avoid them.
> 
> o	Applied Josh Triplett's review comments.

For v3, all three patches:
Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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