linux-kernel - Re: sparc64 cmpxchg is not a full memory barrier anymore ?

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Message-Id: <20091023.071946.127289624.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:19:46 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca
Cc:	nickpiggin@...oo.com.au, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: sparc64 cmpxchg is not a full memory barrier anymore ?

From: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:33:27 -0400

> OK. Perhaps adding a comment to that effect near sparc mb()
> implementation would be appropriate ?

Sure, I'll take care of that when I get back from Japan.
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