Re: [PATCH] refcount: provide same memory ordering guarantees as in atomic_t

[Paul E. McKenney]

On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 02:44:30PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Mon 13-11-17 09:09:57, Reshetova, Elena wrote:
> > <snip>
> > 
> > > Note that there's work done on better documents and updates to this one.
> > > One document that might be good to read (I have not in fact had time to
> > > read it myself yet :-():
> > > 
> > >   https://github.com/aparri/memory-
> > > model/blob/master/Documentation/explanation.txt
> > > 
> > 
> > I have just finished reading over this and must say that this is excellent. 
> 
> I fully second this. The main problem with
> Documentation/memory-barriers.txt is that it jumps from "easy to follow"
> to "blow your head" parts is just too quick. On the other hand the above
> explanation builds the picture from basics and piles up new layers on
> top of previous. So I found it much more easier to grasp. I cannot
> really speak for the correctness in all aspects but it certainly makes a
> lot of sense to me. If you are really interested then feel free to add.
> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx>

Thank you, props to Alan for the writing, and I have applied your ack!

							Thanx, Paul