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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86: fix ordering constraints on crX read/writes
On 07/15/2010 07:34 AM, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> On 07/14/2010 06:29 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> Yes, it will definitely NOT be pruned. I'm going to file a gcc documentation request to see if any of this is actually needed, though. There may also be a need for gcc to handle *inbound* general memory constraints.
>>
>
> You mean "depends on all prior memory updates"? We have been relying on
> "memory" to do that (barrier(), for example), but it would be nice to
> explicitly confirm that's OK, or get something which is guaranteed to be OK.
>

No, we haven't. You're misunderstanding what a "memory" clobber does.
A clobber affects the output side only, but doesn't inherently provide
ordering on the input side. Apparently this is implicit in "asm
volatile", which is a very important property.

-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.



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