Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf_counter: dynamically allocate tasks' perf_counter_context struct [v2]

[Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>]

On Fri, 2009-05-22 at 14:17 +1000, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> +               /*
> +                * Make sure other cpus see correct values for *ctx
> +                * once task->perf_counter_ctxp is visible to them.
> +                */
> +               smp_wmb();
> +               tctx = cmpxchg(&task->perf_counter_ctxp, NULL, ctx);


Documentation/memory-barriers.txt:

> Any atomic operation that modifies some state in memory and returns information
> about the state (old or new) implies an SMP-conditional general memory barrier
> (smp_mb()) on each side of the actual operation (with the exception of
> explicit lock operations, described later).  These include:

>         cmpxchg();