linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/31] Clean up smp_mb_

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Message-ID: <20140319095807.GF27632@laptop.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:	Wed, 19 Mar 2014 10:58:07 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	mingo@...nel.org, will.deacon@....com, paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/31] Clean up smp_mb__ barriers

On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 09:55:05AM +0000, David Howells wrote:
> 
> Shouldn't the mass-conversion patch (patch 31) go first?

You mean; make the kernel use primitives that aren't there yet?
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