Re: [PATCH v4 tip/core/locking 0/4] Memory-barrier documentationupdates

[Henrik Austad]

On Wed, Dec 04, 2013 at 02:46:28PM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> Hello!

Hi Paul,

> This series applies some long-needed updates to memory-barriers.txt:
> 
> 1.	Add ACCESS_ONCE() calls where needed to ensure their inclusion
> 	in code copy-and-pasted from this file.
> 
> 2.	Add long atomic examples alongside the existing atomics.
> 
> 3.	Prohibit architectures supporting the Linux kernel from
> 	speculating stores.

Just me, or is the 3rd patch missing from lkml?

> 4.	Document what ACCESS_ONCE() does along with a number of situations
> 	requiring its use.

This was very useful, thanks! :)

-- 
Henrik Austad
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