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authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>2017-06-07 17:51:27 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2017-08-10 12:29:03 +0200
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locking: Remove smp_mb__before_spinlock()
Now that there are no users of smp_mb__before_spinlock() left, remove it entirely. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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@@ -1981,10 +1981,7 @@ for each construct. These operations all imply certain barriers:
ACQUIRE operation has completed.
Memory operations issued before the ACQUIRE may be completed after
- the ACQUIRE operation has completed. An smp_mb__before_spinlock(),
- combined with a following ACQUIRE, orders prior stores against
- subsequent loads and stores. Note that this is weaker than smp_mb()!
- The smp_mb__before_spinlock() primitive is free on many architectures.
+ the ACQUIRE operation has completed.
(2) RELEASE operation implication: