[PATCH lkmm] docs/memory-barriers.txt: Remove left-over references to "CACHE COHERENCY"

[PATCH lkmm] docs/memory-barriers.txt: Remove left-over references to "CACHE COHERENCY"

[Akira Yokosawa]

Commit 8ca924aeb4f2 ("Documentation/barriers: Remove references to
[smp_]read_barrier_depends()") removed the entire section of "CACHE
COHERENCY", without getting rid of its traces.

Remove them.

Signed-off-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
---
 Documentation/memory-barriers.txt | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
index 4202174a6262..93d58d9a428b 100644
--- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ CONTENTS
 
  (*) The effects of the cpu cache.
 
-     - Cache coherency.
      - Cache coherency vs DMA.
      - Cache coherency vs MMIO.
 
@@ -677,8 +676,6 @@ include/linux/rcupdate.h.  This permits the current target of an RCU'd
 pointer to be replaced with a new modified target, without the replacement
 target appearing to be incompletely initialised.
 
-See also the subsection on "Cache Coherency" for a more thorough example.
-
 
 CONTROL DEPENDENCIES
 --------------------

base-commit: 7579cedf8efed9a05b2537f4c276571e4753a907
-- 
2.34.1

Re: [PATCH lkmm] docs/memory-barriers.txt: Remove left-over references to "CACHE COHERENCY"

[Andrea Parri]

On Tue, Jul 02, 2024 at 08:42:44PM +0900, Akira Yokosawa wrote:
> Commit 8ca924aeb4f2 ("Documentation/barriers: Remove references to
> [smp_]read_barrier_depends()") removed the entire section of "CACHE
> COHERENCY", without getting rid of its traces.
> 
> Remove them.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>

Acked-by: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@gmail.com>

  Andrea

Re: [PATCH lkmm] docs/memory-barriers.txt: Remove left-over references to "CACHE COHERENCY"

[Paul E. McKenney]

On Tue, Jul 02, 2024 at 03:48:34PM +0200, Andrea Parri wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 02, 2024 at 08:42:44PM +0900, Akira Yokosawa wrote:
> > Commit 8ca924aeb4f2 ("Documentation/barriers: Remove references to
> > [smp_]read_barrier_depends()") removed the entire section of "CACHE
> > COHERENCY", without getting rid of its traces.
> > 
> > Remove them.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com>
> > Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
> 
> Acked-by: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@gmail.com>

Queued for the v6.12 merge window, thank you both!

							Thanx, Paul

Re: [PATCH lkmm] docs/memory-barriers.txt: Remove left-over references to "CACHE COHERENCY"

[Akira Yokosawa]

[Dropping most CCs]

On Tue, 2 Jul 2024 10:35:43 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 02, 2024 at 03:48:34PM +0200, Andrea Parri wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 02, 2024 at 08:42:44PM +0900, Akira Yokosawa wrote:
>>> Commit 8ca924aeb4f2 ("Documentation/barriers: Remove references to
>>> [smp_]read_barrier_depends()") removed the entire section of "CACHE
>>> COHERENCY", without getting rid of its traces.
>>>
>>> Remove them.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com>
>>> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
>>
>> Acked-by: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@gmail.com>
> 
> Queued for the v6.12 merge window, thank you both!

Paul,

Commit 1b8aad080e48 in the dev tree doesn't have Andrea's Acked-by:

Can you please apply it on next rebase?

        Thanks, Akira

> 
> 							Thanx, Paul

Re: [PATCH lkmm] docs/memory-barriers.txt: Remove left-over references to "CACHE COHERENCY"

[Paul E. McKenney]

On Thu, Jul 04, 2024 at 12:07:32PM +0900, Akira Yokosawa wrote:
> [Dropping most CCs]
> 
> On Tue, 2 Jul 2024 10:35:43 -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 02, 2024 at 03:48:34PM +0200, Andrea Parri wrote:
> >> On Tue, Jul 02, 2024 at 08:42:44PM +0900, Akira Yokosawa wrote:
> >>> Commit 8ca924aeb4f2 ("Documentation/barriers: Remove references to
> >>> [smp_]read_barrier_depends()") removed the entire section of "CACHE
> >>> COHERENCY", without getting rid of its traces.
> >>>
> >>> Remove them.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com>
> >>> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
> >>
> >> Acked-by: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@gmail.com>
> > 
> > Queued for the v6.12 merge window, thank you both!
> 
> Paul,
> 
> Commit 1b8aad080e48 in the dev tree doesn't have Andrea's Acked-by:
> 
> Can you please apply it on next rebase?

Apologies to you both and thank you for checking!  I have it on my list
for the next rebase.

							Thanx, Paul