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SubjectRe: [PATCH 6/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently on frv
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Chris Snook <csnook@redhat.com> wrote:

> cpu_relax() contains a barrier, so it should do the right thing. For non-smp
> architectures, I'm concerned about interacting with interrupt handlers. Some
> drivers do use atomic_* operations.

I'm not sure that actually answers my question. Why not smp_rmb()?

David
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