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Date:	Mon, 2 Nov 2015 13:11:22 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Paul McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	boqun.feng@...il.com, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] locking: Introduce smp_cond_acquire()

On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 12:36 PM, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> wrote:
> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
>> > +       smp_read_barrier_depends(); /* ctrl */  \
>> > +       smp_rmb(); /* ctrl + rmb := acquire */  \
>
> Doesn't smp_rmb() imply an smp_read_barrier_depends() anyway?

Yes, it does. But that "smp_read_barrier_depends()" is actually
mis-used as a "barrier against subsequent dependent writes, thanks to
the control flow". It's not protecting against subsequent reads -
which is what the smp_rmb() is about.

Which is completely bogus, but that's what the comment implies.

Of course, on alpha (which is where smp_read_barrier_depends() makes a
difference), both that and smp_rmb() are just full memory barriers,
because alpha is some crazy sh*t. So yes, a "smp_rmb()" is sufficient
everywhere, but that is actually not where the confusion comes from in
the first place.

                   Linus
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