Re: [PATCH] Documentation: atomic_t.txt: Explain ordering provided by smp_mb__{before,after}_atomic()

[Paul E. McKenney]

On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 11:24:30AM +0200, Johan Hovold wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 06:30:10AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 02:32:09PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > > On Sat, Apr 20, 2019 at 01:54:40AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> 
> > > > 	And lock acquisition??? acm_read_bulk_callback().
> > > 
> > > I think it goes with the set_bit() earlier, but what do I know.
> > 
> > Quite possibly!  In that case it should be smp_mb__after_atomic(),
> > and it would be nice if it immediately followed the set_bit().
> 
> I noticed this one last week as well. The set_bit() had been incorrectly
> moved and without noticing the smp_mb__before_atomic(). I've submitted a
> patch to restore it and to fix a related issue to due missing barriers:
> 
> 	https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190425160540.10036-5-johan@xxxxxxxxxx

Good to know, thank you!

							Thanx, Paul