linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add OMAP hardware spinlock misc driver

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Date:	Mon, 18 Oct 2010 16:39:22 +0200
From:	Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@...ery.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Hari Kanigeri <h-kanigeri2@...com>, Suman Anna <s-anna@...com>,
	Benoit Cousson <b-cousson@...com>,
	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add OMAP hardware spinlock misc driver

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
> Without coherency everybody needs to be damn sure to flush the relevant
> bits before unlocking and such.

Yes, either that, or use non-cacheable memory.
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