Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 28 Jun 2018 15:10:49 +0200 | From | Andrea Parri <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/3] locking: Clarify requirements for smp_mb__after_spinlock() |
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Hi Matthew,
On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 06:02:58AM -0700, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 12:41:19PM +0200, Andrea Parri wrote: > > + * smp_mb__after_spinlock() provides a full memory barrier between po-earlier > > + * lock acquisitions and po-later memory accesses. > > What does po-earlier mean? Partial order?
"po" was intended as an abbreviation for "program order"; I should have kept the whole form..., thank you for the feedback.
Andrea >
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