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docs/memory-barriers.txt: Remove remaining references to mmiowb()
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("Documentation: Kill all references to mmiowb()").
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
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- Compiler barrier.
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- CPU memory barriers.
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- MMIO write barrier.
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(*) Implicit kernel memory barriers.
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@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ CONTENTS
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(*) Inter-CPU acquiring barrier effects.
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- Acquires vs memory accesses.
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- Acquires vs I/O accesses.
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(*) Where are memory barriers needed?
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@ -492,10 +490,9 @@ And a couple of implicit varieties:
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happen before it completes.
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The use of ACQUIRE and RELEASE operations generally precludes the need
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for other sorts of memory barrier (but note the exceptions mentioned in
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the subsection "MMIO write barrier"). In addition, a RELEASE+ACQUIRE
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pair is -not- guaranteed to act as a full memory barrier. However, after
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an ACQUIRE on a given variable, all memory accesses preceding any prior
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for other sorts of memory barrier. In addition, a RELEASE+ACQUIRE pair is
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-not- guaranteed to act as a full memory barrier. However, after an
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ACQUIRE on a given variable, all memory accesses preceding any prior
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RELEASE on that same variable are guaranteed to be visible. In other
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words, within a given variable's critical section, all accesses of all
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previous critical sections for that variable are guaranteed to have
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(*) CPU memory barriers.
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(*) MMIO write barrier.
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COMPILER BARRIER
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----------------
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