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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/24] make atomic_read() behave consistently across all architectures
    On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 10:04:24PM -0400, Chris Snook wrote:
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    > >Could you please cite the file/function names so we can
    > >see whether removing the barrier makes sense?
    >
    > At a glance, several architectures' implementations of smp_call_function()
    > have one or more legitimate atomic_read() busy-waits that shouldn't be
    > using CPU-relax. Some of them do work in the loop.

    Care to name one so we can discuss it?

    Thanks,
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