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

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Message-ID: <13861.1395223639@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Date:	Wed, 19 Mar 2014 10:07:19 +0000
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	dhowells@...hat.com, 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

Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:

> > Shouldn't the mass-conversion patch (patch 31) go first?
> 
> You mean; make the kernel use primitives that aren't there yet?

Never mind.  I misread the conditionals in patch 3 adding the deprecated
versions.

David
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