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Subject[PATCH tip/core/rcu 5/5] doc: Call out smp_mb__after_unlock_lock() transitivity
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From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Although "full barrier" should be interpreted as providing transitivity,
it is worth eliminating any possible confusion. This commit therefore
adds "(including transitivity)" to eliminate any possible confusion.

Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
Documentation/memory-barriers.txt | 11 ++++++-----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
index 470c07c868e4..318523872db5 100644
--- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
@@ -1858,11 +1858,12 @@ Similarly, the reverse case of a RELEASE followed by an ACQUIRE does not
imply a full memory barrier. If it is necessary for a RELEASE-ACQUIRE
pair to produce a full barrier, the ACQUIRE can be followed by an
smp_mb__after_unlock_lock() invocation. This will produce a full barrier
-if either (a) the RELEASE and the ACQUIRE are executed by the same
-CPU or task, or (b) the RELEASE and ACQUIRE act on the same variable.
-The smp_mb__after_unlock_lock() primitive is free on many architectures.
-Without smp_mb__after_unlock_lock(), the CPU's execution of the critical
-sections corresponding to the RELEASE and the ACQUIRE can cross, so that:
+(including transitivity) if either (a) the RELEASE and the ACQUIRE are
+executed by the same CPU or task, or (b) the RELEASE and ACQUIRE act on
+the same variable. The smp_mb__after_unlock_lock() primitive is free
+on many architectures. Without smp_mb__after_unlock_lock(), the CPU's
+execution of the critical sections corresponding to the RELEASE and the
+ACQUIRE can cross, so that:

*A = a;
RELEASE M
--
1.8.1.5


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