Re: [PATCH v2] barriers: introduce smp_mb__release_acquire and update documentation

From: Will Deacon
Date: Fri Oct 09 2015 - 08:41:58 EST


On Fri, Oct 09, 2015 at 01:02:46PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 09, 2015 at 10:40:39AM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> > Stepping back a second, I believe that there are three cases:
> >
> >
> > RELEASE X -> ACQUIRE Y (same CPU)
> > * Needs a barrier on TSO architectures for full ordering
> +PPC
>
> > UNLOCK X -> LOCK Y (same CPU)
> > * Needs a barrier on PPC for full ordering
>
>
> > RELEASE X -> ACQUIRE X (different CPUs)
> * Fully ordered everywhere...
> * ... but needs a barrier on TSO + PPC to become a full barrier
>
> > UNLOCK X -> ACQUIRE X (different CPUs)
>
> s/ACQUIRE/LOCK/ ?

Yes, sorry.

Will
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