Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 30 Nov 2017 17:25:01 +0100 | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Subject | Re: Unlock-lock questions and the Linux Kernel Memory Model |
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On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 08:14:01AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > (Also, technically speaking, the litmus test doesn't have any release > > operations, so no release sequence...) > > True! But if you translated it into C11, you would probably turn the > smp_wmb() followed by write into a store release, which would get you > a release sequence.
smp_wmb() WRITE_ONCE(*y, 1);
does not a RELEASE make.
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