Re: [PATCH 1/5] smp_mb__{before,after}_atomic(): Update Documentation

[Manfred Spraul]

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Hi Will,

On 11/1/19 5:49 PM, Will Deacon wrote:
> Hi Manfred,
>
> On Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 02:33:01PM +0200, Manfred Spraul wrote:
> > When adding the _{acquire|release|relaxed}() variants of some atomic
> > operations, it was forgotten to update Documentation/memory_barrier.txt:
> >
> > smp_mb__{before,after}_atomic() is now intended for all RMW operations
> > that do not imply a memory barrier.
> [...]
>
> Although I think this is correct, I really think we should instead refer to
> Documentation/atomic_t.txt and get rid of this out of memory-barriers.txt
> entirely. It's just duplication and is out of date.

So you would prefer the attached patch?

For me this would be fine, too.


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ÂÂÂ Manfred