docs/memory-barriers.txt: Remove remaining references to mmiowb()

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Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj38.park@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191121234125.28032-6-sj38.park@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ CONTENTS
- Compiler barrier.
- CPU memory barriers.
- MMIO write barrier.
(*) Implicit kernel memory barriers.
@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ CONTENTS
(*) Inter-CPU acquiring barrier effects.
- Acquires vs memory accesses.
- Acquires vs I/O accesses.
(*) Where are memory barriers needed?
@ -492,10 +490,9 @@ And a couple of implicit varieties:
happen before it completes.
The use of ACQUIRE and RELEASE operations generally precludes the need
for other sorts of memory barrier (but note the exceptions mentioned in
the subsection "MMIO write barrier"). In addition, a RELEASE+ACQUIRE
pair is -not- guaranteed to act as a full memory barrier. However, after
an ACQUIRE on a given variable, all memory accesses preceding any prior
for other sorts of memory barrier. In addition, a RELEASE+ACQUIRE pair is
-not- guaranteed to act as a full memory barrier. However, after an
ACQUIRE on a given variable, all memory accesses preceding any prior
RELEASE on that same variable are guaranteed to be visible. In other
words, within a given variable's critical section, all accesses of all
previous critical sections for that variable are guaranteed to have
@ -1512,8 +1509,6 @@ levels:
(*) CPU memory barriers.
(*) MMIO write barrier.
COMPILER BARRIER
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