linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation/memory-barriers.txt: match table to its comment followed

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Message-ID: <CAHz2CGUSkb08futic+OiWz4zZ==zNRsVLR7EfCr5Wt2eeYxgCw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 16 Sep 2014 17:24:41 +0800
From:	Jianyu Zhan <nasa4836@...il.com>
To:	Yao Dongdong <yaodongdong@...wei.com>
Cc:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/memory-barriers.txt: match table to its
 comment followed

Hi,

Some one has submitted a patch addressing this issue a few days ago.
The patch is now being cooked in the paulk's tree now, IIRC.

Thanks,
Jianyu Zhan


On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 4:51 PM, Yao Dongdong <yaodongdong@...wei.com> wrote:
> The table shows CPU2's sequence of events as "x = B; y = A;", but its comment followed
> described as "x = A; y = B;".
>
> Signed-off-by: Yao Dongdong <yaodongdong@...wei.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/memory-barriers.txt | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
> index a4de88f..9a46bbe 100644
> --- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
> @@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ For example, consider the following sequence of events:
>         CPU 1           CPU 2
>         =============== ===============
>         { A == 1; B == 2 }
> -       A = 3;          x = B;
> -       B = 4;          y = A;
> +       A = 3;          x = A;
> +       B = 4;          y = B;
>
>  The set of accesses as seen by the memory system in the middle can be arranged
>  in 24 different combinations:
> --
> 1.8.0.1
>
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