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authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>2015-05-12 04:51:55 -0400
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2015-05-19 02:32:00 -0400
commitb92b8b35a2e38bde319fd1d68ec84628c1f1b0fb (patch)
tree45aea6d12a580b60848363c10dc355f3307ec1ff /Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
parentab3f02fc237211f0583c1e7ba3bf504747be9b8d (diff)
locking/arch: Rename set_mb() to smp_store_mb()
Since set_mb() is really about an smp_mb() -- not a IO/DMA barrier like mb() rename it to match the recent smp_load_acquire() and smp_store_release(). Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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@@ -1662,7 +1662,7 @@ CPU from reordering them.
1662 1662
1663There are some more advanced barrier functions: 1663There are some more advanced barrier functions:
1664 1664
1665 (*) set_mb(var, value) 1665 (*) smp_store_mb(var, value)
1666 1666
1667 This assigns the value to the variable and then inserts a full memory 1667 This assigns the value to the variable and then inserts a full memory
1668 barrier after it, depending on the function. It isn't guaranteed to 1668 barrier after it, depending on the function. It isn't guaranteed to
@@ -1975,7 +1975,7 @@ after it has altered the task state:
1975 CPU 1 1975 CPU 1
1976 =============================== 1976 ===============================
1977 set_current_state(); 1977 set_current_state();
1978 set_mb(); 1978 smp_store_mb();
1979 STORE current->state 1979 STORE current->state
1980 <general barrier> 1980 <general barrier>
1981 LOAD event_indicated 1981 LOAD event_indicated
@@ -2016,7 +2016,7 @@ between the STORE to indicate the event and the STORE to set TASK_RUNNING:
2016 CPU 1 CPU 2 2016 CPU 1 CPU 2
2017 =============================== =============================== 2017 =============================== ===============================
2018 set_current_state(); STORE event_indicated 2018 set_current_state(); STORE event_indicated
2019 set_mb(); wake_up(); 2019 smp_store_mb(); wake_up();
2020 STORE current->state <write barrier> 2020 STORE current->state <write barrier>
2021 <general barrier> STORE current->state 2021 <general barrier> STORE current->state
2022 LOAD event_indicated 2022 LOAD event_indicated