Re: [v3,11/41] mips: reuse asm-generic/barrier.h

From: Leonid Yegoshin
Date: Mon Jan 11 2016 - 20:14:26 EST


On 01/10/2016 06:18 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
On mips dma_rmb, dma_wmb, smp_store_mb, read_barrier_depends,
smp_read_barrier_depends, smp_store_release and smp_load_acquire match
the asm-generic variants exactly. Drop the local definitions and pull in
asm-generic/barrier.h instead.

This statement doesn't fit MIPS barriers variations. Moreover, there is a reason to extend that even more specific, at least for smp_store_release and smp_load_acquire, look into

http://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/10506/

- Leonid.