linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 4/4] documentation: Update circular buffer for load-acquire/store-release

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Message-ID: <20131116201853.GD4138@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Sat, 16 Nov 2013 12:18:53 -0800
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...nel.org,
	laijs@...fujitsu.com, dipankar@...ibm.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com,
	josh@...htriplett.org, niv@...ibm.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	rostedt@...dmis.org, dhowells@...hat.com, edumazet@...gle.com,
	darren@...art.com, fweisbec@...il.com, sbw@....edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH tip/core/rcu 4/4] documentation: Update circular buffer
 for load-acquire/store-release

On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 05:03:40PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 04:10:30PM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > 
> > This commit replaces full barriers by targeted use of load-acquire and
> > store-release.
> 
> I guess I'd better hurry up merging the patches that introduce these
> thingies someplace :-)

+1 to that!  ;-)

							Thanx, Paul

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