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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] LKMM: Add ctrl_dep() macro for control dependency
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----- On Sep 29, 2021, at 3:50 PM, Mathieu Desnoyers mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com wrote:

[...]

> void fct(void)
> {
>    int x;
> 
>    if (refcount_dec_and_test()) {
>        var1 = 0;

in this example, this should be "var1 = 1;", so both legs are similar,
otherwise we end up with a dependency on the load.

Thanks,

Mathieu

>        return;
>    }
>    __smp_rmb();
>    var1 = 1;
> }
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