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author | Akira Yokosawa <[email protected]> | 2022-06-20 17:17:49 +0900 |
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committer | Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]> | 2022-08-31 05:15:31 -0700 |
commit | 203185f6b1e393cf2f4b84023d4d01d515fcfd5f (patch) | |
tree | c784d570eeb369926722a09119f4563b16a5cf54 /lib/mpi/mpi-sub-ui.c | |
parent | 568035b01cfb107af8d2e4bd2fb9aea22cf5b868 (diff) |
docs/memory-barriers.txt: Fix confusing name of 'data dependency barrier'
The term "data dependency barrier", which has been in
memory-barriers.txt ever since it was first authored by David Howells,
has become confusing due to the fact that in LKMM's explanations.txt
and elsewhere, "data dependency" is used mostly for load-to-store data
dependency.
To prevent further confusions, do the changes listed below:
- substitute "data dependency barrier" with "address-dependency
barrier";
- add note on the removal of kernel APIs for explicit address-
dependency barriers in kernel release v5.9;
- note that address-dependency barriers are not necessary for
load-to-store situations;
- use READ_ONCE_OLD() for pre-4.15 READ_ONCE() (no implicit address-
dependency barrier);
- fix count of kernel memory barrier APIs;
- and a few more context adjustments.
Note: Cleanups of long lines are deferred to a followup patch.
Reported-by: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]/
Signed-off-by: Akira Yokosawa <[email protected]>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <[email protected]>
Cc: Alan Stern <[email protected]>
Cc: Will Deacon <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: Boqun Feng <[email protected]>
Cc: Andrea Parri <[email protected]>
Cc: Nicholas Piggin <[email protected]>
Cc: David Howells <[email protected]>
Cc: Daniel Lustig <[email protected]>
Cc: Joel Fernandes <[email protected]>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]>
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