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Date:	Tue, 16 Sep 2014 18:05:34 +0800
From:	Yao Dongdong <yaodongdong@...wei.com>
To:	Jianyu Zhan <nasa4836@...il.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

On 2014/9/16 17:24, Jianyu Zhan wrote:
> 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
>
I have found the patch you mentioned.

Thanks
> 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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