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SubjectRe: [RFC][PATCH]: x86: clarify/fix no-op barriers for text_poke_bp()
On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 17:04:11 +0200
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:

> Well, this is x86, its a NO-OP. The only reason to write barriers like

Is it really a nop?

> that is for documentation purposes and in that regard is confuses. IOW
> has negative value.

Not arguing. But a comment would have helped, even if it was

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-- Steve

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