[PATCH tip/core/rcu 3/6] Documentation/memory-barriers.txt: Conditional must use prior load

[Paul E. McKenney]

From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

A control dependency consists of a load, a conditional that depends on
that load, and a store.  This commit emphasizes this point in the
summary.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/memory-barriers.txt | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
index ad6db1d48f1f..f2668c19807e 100644
--- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
@@ -724,7 +724,8 @@ In summary:
       later loads, smp_mb().
 
   (*) Control dependencies require at least one run-time conditional
-      between the prior load and the subsequent store.  If the compiler
+      between the prior load and the subsequent store, and this
+      conditional must involve the prior load.  If the compiler
       is able to optimize the conditional away, it will have also
       optimized away the ordering.  Careful use of ACCESS_ONCE() can
       help to preserve the needed conditional.
-- 
1.8.1.5

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