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FromDavid Howells <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH 6/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently on frv
DateSat, 11 Aug 2007 09:47:51 +0100
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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