linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently on frv

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Date:	Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:23:46 +0100
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Chris Snook <csnook@...hat.com>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently on frv

Chris Snook <csnook@...hat.com> wrote:

> To head off the criticism, I admit this is an oversimplification, and true
> busy-waiters should be using cpu_relax(), which contains a barrier.

Why would you want to use cpu_relax()?  That's there to waste time efficiently,
isn't it?  Shouldn't you be using smp_rmb() or something like that?

David
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