Re: [RFC][PATCH] mips: Fix arch_spin_unlock()

From: Måns Rullgård
Date: Tue Feb 02 2016 - 10:51:27 EST


Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 02:54:06PM +0000, Måns Rullgård wrote:
>
>> We don't really have much choice given the reality of existing hardware.
>
> No, of course not - but I want us discourage new weakly ordered
> platforms as much as possible.

Where do you draw the line though? You can't exactly go and impose some
kind of global ordering in a multi-master system.

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Måns Rullgård