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From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: mingo@kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org,
	mark.rutland@arm.com, dhowells@redhat.com,
	linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org,
	will.deacon@arm.com,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 01/15] doc: READ_ONCE() now implies smp_barrier_depends()
Date: Mon,  9 Oct 2017 17:22:35 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1507594969-8347-1-git-send-email-paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171010001951.GA6476@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

This commit updates an example in memory-barriers.txt to account for
the fact that READ_ONCE() now implies smp_barrier_depends().

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 Documentation/memory-barriers.txt | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
index b759a60624fd..b592bb265e5c 100644
--- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
@@ -227,17 +227,18 @@ There are some minimal guarantees that may be expected of a CPU:
  (*) On any given CPU, dependent memory accesses will be issued in order, with
      respect to itself.  This means that for:
 
-	Q = READ_ONCE(P); smp_read_barrier_depends(); D = READ_ONCE(*Q);
+	Q = READ_ONCE(P); D = READ_ONCE(*Q);
 
      the CPU will issue the following memory operations:
 
 	Q = LOAD P, D = LOAD *Q
 
      and always in that order.  On most systems, smp_read_barrier_depends()
-     does nothing, but it is required for DEC Alpha.  The READ_ONCE()
-     is required to prevent compiler mischief.  Please note that you
-     should normally use something like rcu_dereference() instead of
-     open-coding smp_read_barrier_depends().
+     does nothing, but it is required for DEC Alpha, and is supplied by
+     READ_ONCE().  The READ_ONCE() is also required to prevent compiler
+     mischief.  Please note that you should normally use something
+     like READ_ONCE() or rcu_dereference() instead of open-coding
+     smp_read_barrier_depends().
 
  (*) Overlapping loads and stores within a particular CPU will appear to be
      ordered within that CPU.  This means that for:
-- 
2.5.2

  reply	other threads:[~2017-10-10  0:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 93+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-10-10  0:19 [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 0/15] Remove to-be-unneeded smp_read_barrier_depends() Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10  0:22 ` Paul E. McKenney [this message]
2017-10-10  0:22   ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 01/15] doc: READ_ONCE() now implies smp_barrier_depends() Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10  0:22 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 02/15] mn10300: READ_ONCE() now implies smp_read_barrier_depends() Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10  0:22   ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10  0:22 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 03/15] drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed: Fix __qed_spq_block() ordering Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10  0:22   ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10  0:22 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 04/15] fs/dcache: Use release-acquire for name/length update Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10  0:22 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 05/15] percpu: READ_ONCE() now implies smp_read_barrier_depends() Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10  0:22   ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10 14:08   ` Tejun Heo
2017-10-10 14:08     ` Tejun Heo
2017-10-10 15:30     ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10 15:30       ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10 15:49       ` Tejun Heo
2017-10-10 15:49         ` Tejun Heo
2017-10-10  0:22 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 06/15] rcu: Adjust read-side accessor comments for READ_ONCE() Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10  0:22 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 07/15] rtnetlink: Update now-misleading smp_read_barrier_depends() comment Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10  0:22 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 08/15] seqlock: Remove now-redundant smp_read_barrier_depends() Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10  0:22   ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10  0:22 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 09/15] uprobes: " Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10  0:22 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 10/15] locking: Remove smp_read_barrier_depends() from queued_spin_lock_slowpath() Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10  0:22 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 11/15] tracepoint: Remove smp_read_barrier_depends() from comment Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10  0:22   ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10  0:31   ` Steven Rostedt
2017-10-10  1:12     ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2017-10-10 15:32       ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10 15:32         ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10  0:22 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 12/15] lib/assoc_array: Remove smp_read_barrier_depends() Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10  0:22   ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10  8:39   ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-10-10  8:39     ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-10-10  9:36   ` David Howells
2017-10-10  9:36     ` David Howells
2017-10-10  0:22 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 13/15] mm/ksm: Remove now-redundant smp_read_barrier_depends() Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10  0:22   ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10  0:22 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 14/15] netfilter: " Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10  0:22   ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10  8:43   ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-10-10  8:43     ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-10-10 15:56     ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10  0:22 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 15/15] keyring: " Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10  9:35 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 12/15] lib/assoc_array: Remove smp_read_barrier_depends() David Howells
2017-10-10  9:35   ` David Howells
2017-10-10 15:50   ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10 15:54     ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-10-10 15:54       ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-10-10 16:05       ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10 16:05         ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-11 12:19   ` David Howells
2017-10-11 12:19     ` David Howells
2017-10-11 12:22     ` Will Deacon
2017-10-11 12:54       ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-11 12:54         ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-11 14:18         ` Will Deacon
2017-10-11 14:50           ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-11 12:58     ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-11 12:58       ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-11 15:17     ` David Howells
2017-10-11 15:17       ` David Howells
2017-10-11 15:59       ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-11 15:59         ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-11 16:12         ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-10-11 16:12           ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-10-11 16:24           ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-10-11 16:24             ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-10-11 16:47             ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-11 16:54               ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-10-11 17:06                 ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-11 17:11                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-10-11 17:34                     ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-11 18:43                       ` Dmitry Vyukov
2017-10-11 18:56                         ` Linus Torvalds
2017-10-11 18:56                           ` Linus Torvalds
2017-10-11 19:28                           ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-11 19:59                           ` Dmitry Vyukov
2017-10-11 17:14                   ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-11 17:19             ` Mark Rutland
2017-10-11 17:19               ` Mark Rutland
2017-10-11 16:50           ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-11 16:50             ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-11 16:07       ` David Howells
2017-10-11 16:07         ` David Howells
2017-10-11 16:17         ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-10-11 16:19         ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-11 15:28     ` David Howells
2017-10-11 15:28       ` David Howells
2017-10-11 16:02       ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-11 16:02         ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-10  9:59 ` David Howells
2017-10-10 15:52   ` Paul E. McKenney
2017-10-11 12:21 ` [PATCH RFC tip/core/rcu 0/15] Remove to-be-unneeded smp_read_barrier_depends() David Howells
2017-10-11 12:56   ` Paul E. McKenney

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