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Subject[PATCH v2 1/6] 9p: Fix comment on smp_wmb
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The previous comment misled me into thinking the barrier wasn't needed
at all.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>
---
net/9p/client.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/9p/client.c b/net/9p/client.c
index 18c5271910dc..999eceb8af98 100644
--- a/net/9p/client.c
+++ b/net/9p/client.c
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ void p9_client_cb(struct p9_client *c, struct p9_req_t *req, int status)

/*
* This barrier is needed to make sure any change made to req before
- * the other thread wakes up will indeed be seen by the waiting side.
+ * the status change is visible to another thread
*/
smp_wmb();
req->status = status;
--
2.18.0
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