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authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2015-07-13 15:55:52 -0700
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2015-07-15 14:43:14 -0700
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doc: Call out smp_mb__after_unlock_lock() transitivity
Although "full barrier" should be interpreted as providing transitivity, it is worth eliminating any possible confusion. This commit therefore adds "(including transitivity)" to eliminate any possible confusion. Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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@@ -1858,11 +1858,12 @@ Similarly, the reverse case of a RELEASE followed by an ACQUIRE does not
imply a full memory barrier. If it is necessary for a RELEASE-ACQUIRE
pair to produce a full barrier, the ACQUIRE can be followed by an
smp_mb__after_unlock_lock() invocation. This will produce a full barrier
-if either (a) the RELEASE and the ACQUIRE are executed by the same
-CPU or task, or (b) the RELEASE and ACQUIRE act on the same variable.
-The smp_mb__after_unlock_lock() primitive is free on many architectures.
-Without smp_mb__after_unlock_lock(), the CPU's execution of the critical
-sections corresponding to the RELEASE and the ACQUIRE can cross, so that:
+(including transitivity) if either (a) the RELEASE and the ACQUIRE are
+executed by the same CPU or task, or (b) the RELEASE and ACQUIRE act on
+the same variable. The smp_mb__after_unlock_lock() primitive is free
+on many architectures. Without smp_mb__after_unlock_lock(), the CPU's
+execution of the critical sections corresponding to the RELEASE and the
+ACQUIRE can cross, so that:
*A = a;
RELEASE M