Re: [PATCH v2] locking/rtmutex: Use acquire/release semantics

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Sun Sep 27 2015 - 06:38:43 EST


On Wed, 23 Sep 2015, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:

> From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> As such, weakly ordered archs can benefit from more relaxed use
> of barriers when locking/unlocking.

That changelog is not really helpful if someone is going to look at it
half a year from now who doesn't have the background of the discussion
leading to these changes.

Thanks,

tglx
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