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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2016 13:26:10 +0000
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 11/32] mips: reuse asm-generic/barrier.h
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To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
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On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 09:07:10PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> -#define smp_store_release(p, v)						\
> -do {									\
> -	compiletime_assert_atomic_type(*p);				\
> -	smp_mb();							\
> -	WRITE_ONCE(*p, v);						\
> -} while (0)
> -
> -#define smp_load_acquire(p)						\
> -({									\
> -	typeof(*p) ___p1 = READ_ONCE(*p);				\
> -	compiletime_assert_atomic_type(*p);				\
> -	smp_mb();							\
> -	___p1;								\
> -})

David Daney wanted to use fancy new MIPS barriers to provide better
implementations of this.

This patch isn't in the way of that, just a FYI.