Re: [PATCH 2/6] s390: implement nospec_[load|ptr]

From: Jiri Kosina
Date: Wed Jan 17 2018 - 07:42:01 EST


On Wed, 17 Jan 2018, Martin Schwidefsky wrote:

> Implement nospec_load() and nospec_ptr() for s390 with the new
> gmb() barrier between the boundary condition and the load that
> may not be done speculatively.

FWIW the naming seems to be changing constantly. The latest patchset from
Dan Williams [1] uses ifence_...().

[1] lkml.kernel.org/r/151586744180.5820.13215059696964205856.stgit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs