Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 16/27] rcu: Add comment documenting how rcu_seq_snap works

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Tue Jun 26 2018 - 13:15:19 EST


On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 05:35:02PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> From: "Joel Fernandes (Google)" <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> rcu_seq_snap may be tricky to decipher. Lets document how it works with
> an example to make it easier.

Since you had me looking at them functions; why isn't rcu_seq_snap()
using smp_load_acquire() and rcu_seq_end() using smp_store_release() ?
Their respective comments seem to suggest that would be sufficent.