linux-kernel - Re: [tip:core/locking] x86, um: Add generic barrier.h

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Date:	Tue, 28 Jan 2014 20:30:57 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	mingo@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com, jdike@...toit.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, richard@....at, tglx@...utronix.de
Cc:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:core/locking] x86, um: Add generic barrier.h

On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 11:25:12AM -0800, tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> Commit-ID:  673c36745c9f3100672853840b27e27638435e74
> Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/673c36745c9f3100672853840b27e27638435e74
> Author:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> AuthorDate: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:12:36 +0100
> Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
> CommitDate: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:27:36 +0100
> 
> x86, um: Add generic barrier.h
> 
> It appears arch/um doesn't have any asm/barrier.h; cure this by
> including the generic one. Since UM is !SMP the defaults are good
> enough.
> 
> ( The motivation are the latest MCS locking patches which use generic
>   barriers. )
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>
> Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>

I just talked to rw on IRC and he pointed out that commit 9af2452
(already in Linus' tree) does the same.
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