Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Wed, 27 Jan 2016 17:10:28 +0200 | From | "Michael S. Tsirkin" <> | Subject | [PATCH v4 3/5] x86: tweak the comment about use of wmb for IO |
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On x86, we *do* still use the non-nop rmb/wmb for IO barriers, but even that is generally questionable.
Leave them around as historial unless somebody can point to a case where they care about the performance, but tweak the comment so people don't think they are strictly required in all cases.
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> --- arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h index a291745..bfb28ca 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ /* * Force strict CPU ordering. - * And yes, this is required on UP too when we're talking + * And yes, this might be required on UP too when we're talking * to devices. */ -- MST
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