Re: wmb vs mmiowb

Linus Torvalds
2007-08-23T16:16:42Z

On Thu, 23 Aug 2007, Nick Piggin wrote:
>
> Also, FWIW, there are some advantages of deferring the mmiowb thingy
> until the point of unlock.

And that is exactly what ppc64 does.

But you're missing a big point: for 99.9% of all hardware, mmiowb() is a
total no-op. So when you talk about "advantages", you're not talking about
any *real* advantage, are you?

Linus