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Date:   Thu, 28 Jun 2018 06:02:58 -0700
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
To:     Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@amarulasolutions.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] locking: Clarify requirements for
 smp_mb__after_spinlock()
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On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 12:41:19PM +0200, Andrea Parri wrote:
> + * smp_mb__after_spinlock() provides a full memory barrier between po-earlier
> + * lock acquisitions and po-later memory accesses.

What does po-earlier mean?  Partial order?

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