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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] tools/memory-model: Add extra ordering for locks and remove it for ordinary release/acquire
    > It might be simple to model, but I worry this weakens our locking
    > implementations to a point where they will not be understood by the average
    > kernel developer. As I've said before, I would prefer "full" RCsc locking,
    > but that's not the case with architectures we currently support today, so
    > the next best thing is this "everything apart from W->R in the
    > inter-thread case" ordering, which isn't going to crop up unless you're
    > doing weird stuff anyway afaict.

    The "average kernel developer" thinks TSO or about, right? ;-)

    Andrea


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