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From: Leonid.Yegoshin@imgtec.com (Leonid Yegoshin)
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 12:58:22 -0800
Subject: [v3,11/41] mips: reuse asm-generic/barrier.h
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On 01/13/2016 12:48 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 11:02:35AM -0800, Leonid Yegoshin wrote:
>
>> I ask HW team about it but I have a question - has it any relationship with
>> replacing MIPS SYNC with lightweight SYNCs (SYNC_WMB etc)?
> Of course. If you cannot explain the semantics of the primitives you
> introduce, how can we judge the patch.
>
>
You missed a point - it is a question about replacement of SYNC with 
lightweight primitives. It is NOT a question about multithread system 
behavior without any SYNC. The answer on a latest Will's question lies 
in different area.

- Leonid.