Re: [PATCH 3/3] checkpatch: add virt barriers

From: Joe Perches
Date: Mon Jan 04 2016 - 17:11:52 EST


On Mon, 2016-01-04 at 23:07 +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 08:47:53AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Mon, 2016-01-04 at 13:37 +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > > Add virt_ barriers to list of barriers to check for
> > > presence of a comment.
> >
> > Are these virt_ barriers used anywhere?
> >
> > I see some virtio_ barrier like uses.
>
> They will be :) They are added and used by patchset
>         arch: barrier cleanup + barriers for virt
>
> See
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.virtualization/26555

Ah, OK, thanks.

Are the virtio_ barriers going away?
If not, maybe those should be added too.
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