From a9668cd6ee288c4838bc668880ac085be551cac2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Zijlstra Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 17:51:27 +0200 Subject: locking: Remove smp_mb__before_spinlock() Now that there are no users of smp_mb__before_spinlock() left, remove it entirely. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- Documentation/memory-barriers.txt | 5 +---- Documentation/translations/ko_KR/memory-barriers.txt | 5 +---- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt index 9f34364922c8..d1d1716f904b 100644 --- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt +++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt @@ -1981,10 +1981,7 @@ for each construct. These operations all imply certain barriers: ACQUIRE operation has completed. Memory operations issued before the ACQUIRE may be completed after - the ACQUIRE operation has completed. An smp_mb__before_spinlock(), - combined with a following ACQUIRE, orders prior stores against - subsequent loads and stores. Note that this is weaker than smp_mb()! - The smp_mb__before_spinlock() primitive is free on many architectures. + the ACQUIRE operation has completed. (2) RELEASE operation implication: diff --git a/Documentation/translations/ko_KR/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/translations/ko_KR/memory-barriers.txt index 38310dcd6620..bc80fc0e210f 100644 --- a/Documentation/translations/ko_KR/memory-barriers.txt +++ b/Documentation/translations/ko_KR/memory-barriers.txt @@ -1956,10 +1956,7 @@ MMIO 쓰기 배리어 뒤에 완료됩니다. ACQUIRE 앞에서 요청된 메모리 오퍼레이션은 ACQUIRE 오퍼레이션이 완료된 후에 - 완료될 수 있습니다. smp_mb__before_spinlock() 뒤에 ACQUIRE 가 실행되는 - 코드 블록은 블록 앞의 스토어를 블록 뒤의 로드와 스토어에 대해 순서 - 맞춥니다. 이건 smp_mb() 보다 완화된 것임을 기억하세요! 많은 아키텍쳐에서 - smp_mb__before_spinlock() 은 사실 아무일도 하지 않습니다. + 완료될 수 있습니다. (2) RELEASE 오퍼레이션의 영향: -- cgit