linux-kernel - Re: [rfc][patch] i386: remove comment about barriers

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Message-Id: <200709301709.08242.ak@suse.de>
Date:	Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:09:08 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Paul McKenney <paulmck@...ibm.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [rfc][patch] i386: remove comment about barriers


> mb() and smp_mb() always have and always will require a full mfence or lock
> prefixed instruction on x86. And we should remove this comment.

Thanks for the detailed explanation. I queued the patch.

-Andi

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