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author | Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]> | 2016-04-12 08:52:49 -0700 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> | 2016-04-13 08:52:21 +0200 |
commit | a5052657c164107032d521f0d9e92703d78845f2 (patch) | |
tree | 3f9ed953ae89b091ddca52a14bb1e4bcc21a6b9b /tools/perf/scripts/python/export-to-postgresql.py | |
parent | 5c8a010c2411729a07cb1b90c09fa978ac0ac6c0 (diff) |
locking/Documentation: Clarify relationship of barrier() to control dependencies
The current documentation claims that the compiler ignores barrier(),
which is not the case. Instead, the compiler carefully pays attention
to barrier(), but in a creative way that still manages to destroy
the control dependency. This commit sets the story straight.
Reported-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <[email protected]>
Cc: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
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Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
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