linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] io: prevent compiler reordering on the default writeX() implementation

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Date:   Fri, 30 Mar 2018 10:46:05 -0400
From:   Sinan Kaya <okaya@...eaurora.org>
To:     arnd@...db.de, timur@...eaurora.org, sulrich@...eaurora.org
Cc:     linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] io: prevent compiler reordering on the default writeX()
 implementation

On 3/30/2018 10:29 AM, Sinan Kaya wrote:
> In the abscence of a write barrier or when using a strongly ordered
> architecture, writeX() should at least have a compiler barrier in
> it to prevent commpiler from clobbering the execution order.

Same is true for readX(). I'll wait for review feedback on this before
posting another change for readX().

-- 
Sinan Kaya
Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies, Inc. as an affiliate of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum, a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project.