linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] NVMe: Fixed race between nvme

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Date:	Fri, 26 Jun 2015 12:10:47 -0600
From:	Jon Derrick <jonathan.derrick@...el.com>
To:	Parav Pandit <parav.pandit@...gotech.com>
Cc:	linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NVMe: Fixed race between nvme_thread & probe path.

> >> +     smp_wmb();
> >
> > This has been applied already as an explicit mb()
> 
> Since these structure is only accessible by software, won't smp_wmb()
> sufficient enough?
> 

Seems reasonable to me

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