From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on archive.lwn.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.0 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by archive.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2D307D08A for ; Wed, 2 Jan 2019 21:24:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728865AbfABVYW (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Jan 2019 16:24:22 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:44632 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727139AbfABVYW (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Jan 2019 16:24:22 -0500 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx06.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.16]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C6225C049D7F; Wed, 2 Jan 2019 21:24:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from redhat.com (ovpn-120-148.rdu2.redhat.com [10.10.120.148]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 58D2F5C230; Wed, 2 Jan 2019 21:24:16 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2019 16:24:15 -0500 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" To: Matthew Wilcox Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jason Wang , Alan Stern , Andrea Parri , Will Deacon , Peter Zijlstra , Boqun Feng , Nicholas Piggin , David Howells , Jade Alglave , Luc Maranget , "Paul E. McKenney" , Akira Yokosawa , Daniel Lustig , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org, Jonathan Corbet , Richard Henderson , Ivan Kokshaysky , Matt Turner , Arnd Bergmann , Luc Van Oostenryck , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org, linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 3/4] barriers: convert a control to a data dependency Message-ID: <20190102162400-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> References: <20190102205715.14054-1-mst@redhat.com> <20190102205715.14054-4-mst@redhat.com> <20190102210024.GJ6310@bombadil.infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190102210024.GJ6310@bombadil.infradead.org> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.16 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.31]); Wed, 02 Jan 2019 21:24:21 +0000 (UTC) Sender: linux-doc-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jan 02, 2019 at 01:00:24PM -0800, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Wed, Jan 02, 2019 at 03:57:58PM -0500, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > > @@ -875,6 +893,8 @@ to the CPU containing it. See the section on "Multicopy atomicity" > > for more information. > > > > > > + > > + > > In summary: > > > > (*) Control dependencies can order prior loads against later stores. > > Was this hunk intentional? Nope, thanks for catching this. -- MST