From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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Subject: [PATCH v3 tip/core/locking 0/3] Memory-barrier documentation updates
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 11:26:57 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131122192657.GA11924@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
Hello!
This series applies some long-needed updates to memory-barriers.txt:
1. Add ACCESS_ONCE() calls where needed to ensure their inclusion
in code copy-and-pasted from this file.
2. Add long atomic examples alongside the existing atomics.
3. Prohibit architectures supporting the Linux kernel from
speculating stores.
Changes from v2:
o Update examples so that that load against which the subsequent
store is to be ordered is part of the "if" condition.
o Add an example showing how the compiler can remove "if"
conditions and how to prevent it from doing so.
o Add ACCESS_ONCE() to the compiler-barrier section.
o Add a sentence noting that transitivity requires smp_mb().
Changes from v1:
o Combined with Peter Zijlstra's speculative-store-prohibition patch.
o Added more pitfalls to avoid when prohibiting speculative
stores, along with how to avoid them.
o Applied Josh Triplett's review comments.
Thanx, Paul
next reply other threads:[~2013-11-22 19:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-11-22 19:26 Paul E. McKenney [this message]
2013-11-22 19:27 ` [PATCH v3 RFC tip/core/locking 1/3] Documentation/memory-barriers.txt: Add needed ACCESS_ONCE() calls to memory-barriers.txt Paul E. McKenney
2013-11-22 19:27 ` [PATCH v3 RFC tip/core/locking 2/3] Documentation/memory-barriers.txt: Add long atomic examples " Paul E. McKenney
2013-11-23 4:00 ` [PATCH v3 tip/core/locking 0/3] Memory-barrier documentation updates Josh Triplett
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