linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC LKMM 2/7] doc: Replace smp_cond_acquire() with smp_cond_load

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Message-Id: <20180914182009.GB652@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Fri, 14 Sep 2018 11:20:09 -0700
From:   "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Cc:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        mingo@...nel.org, stern@...land.harvard.edu,
        parri.andrea@...il.com, peterz@...radead.org, boqun.feng@...il.com,
        npiggin@...il.com, dhowells@...hat.com, j.alglave@....ac.uk,
        luc.maranget@...ia.fr, akiyks@...il.com,
        Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@...rulasolutions.com>,
        Daniel Lustig <dlustig@...dia.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC LKMM 2/7] doc: Replace smp_cond_acquire() with
 smp_cond_load_acquire()

On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 05:59:07PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 02:10:48PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > From: Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@...rulasolutions.com>
> > 
> > Amend commit 1f03e8d2919270 ("locking/barriers: Replace smp_cond_acquire()
> > with smp_cond_load_acquire()") by updating the documentation accordingly.
> > Also remove some obsolete information related to the implementation.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Andrea Parri <andrea.parri@...rulasolutions.com>
> > Cc: Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
> > Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
> > Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> > Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
> > Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
> > Cc: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
> > Cc: Jade Alglave <j.alglave@....ac.uk>
> > Cc: Luc Maranget <luc.maranget@...ia.fr>
> > Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > Cc: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com>
> > Cc: Daniel Lustig <dlustig@...dia.com>
> > Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
> > Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/memory-barriers.txt | 3 +--
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
> > index 0d8d7ef131e9..c1d913944ad8 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
> > @@ -471,8 +471,7 @@ And a couple of implicit varieties:
> >       operations after the ACQUIRE operation will appear to happen after the
> >       ACQUIRE operation with respect to the other components of the system.
> >       ACQUIRE operations include LOCK operations and both smp_load_acquire()
> > -     and smp_cond_acquire() operations. The later builds the necessary ACQUIRE
> > -     semantics from relying on a control dependency and smp_rmb().
> > +     and smp_cond_load_acquire() operations.
> 
> Thanks for fixing the doc:
> 
> Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>

Applied, thank you Will!

							Thanx, Paul