Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | "Paul E. McKenney" <> | Subject | [PATCH tip/core/rcu 03/14] documentation: Fix memory-barriers.txt section references | Date | Tue, 23 Feb 2016 21:00:36 -0800 |
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This commit fixes a couple of "Compiler Barrier" section references to be "COMPILER BARRIER". This makes it easier to find the section in the usual text editors.
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- Documentation/memory-barriers.txt | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt index e26058d3e253..c90922b9b294 100644 --- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt +++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt @@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ And there are a number of things that _must_ or _must_not_ be assumed: with memory references that are not protected by READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE(). Without them, the compiler is within its rights to do all sorts of "creative" transformations, which are covered in - the Compiler Barrier section. + the COMPILER BARRIER section. (*) It _must_not_ be assumed that independent loads and stores will be issued in the order given. This means that for: @@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ In summary: (*) Control dependencies require that the compiler avoid reordering the dependency into nonexistence. Careful use of READ_ONCE() or atomic{,64}_read() can help to preserve your control dependency. - Please see the Compiler Barrier section for more information. + Please see the COMPILER BARRIER section for more information. (*) Control dependencies pair normally with other types of barriers. -- 2.5.2
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