linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] a minor fix for set_mb() in Documentation/memory-barriers.txt

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Date:	Wed, 08 Nov 2006 11:29:10 +0000
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
Cc:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] a minor fix for set_mb() in Documentation/memory-barriers.txt 

Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru> wrote:

> set_mb() is used by set_current_state() which needs mb(), not wmb().
> I think it would be right to assume that set_mb() implies mb(), all
> arches seem to do just this.

Yes, you're right.  Copy'n'paste error from the text about set_wmb() I think.

Acked-By: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
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