Re: [PATCH v3 0/8] Convert barrier pairs to acquire/release for better performance

[Theodore Ts'o]

On Wed, 02 Sep 2026 15:47:57 +0800, Jinjie Ruan wrote:
> This series converts some existing smp_wmb()/smp_rmb() barrier pairs to
> smp_store_release()/smp_load_acquire() across various subsystems.
> 
> Background
> ==========
> 
> Many architectures support load acquire and store release instructions
> which can replace explicit memory barriers and save cycles. As noted
> in the ARM architecture reference [1]:
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[7/8] ext4: Fix out-of-bounds read in ext4_get_group_info()
      commit: b067d3c1f90b536e9aa9f48b19580475a0b34f0f
[8/8] ext4: Convert group-count barrier protocol to acquire/release
      commit: 4a87cfb9b45ae07cd28bdc1ab9059ea73eab312e

Best regards,
-- 
Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>