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authorParav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com>2022-10-27 23:10:00 +0300
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>2023-01-03 20:47:04 -0800
commit289e1c89217d42a18230ab45e75fd79c993671f3 (patch)
treefc9a10cde7d91afb4add41d1c4c2e7ce797c9a5b /tools/memory-model
parent1b929c02afd37871d5afb9d498426f83432e71c2 (diff)
locking/memory-barriers.txt: Improve documentation for writel() example
The cited commit describes that when using writel(), explicit wmb() is not needed. wmb() is an expensive barrier. writel() uses the needed platform specific barrier instead of wmb(). writeX() section of "KERNEL I/O BARRIER EFFECTS" already describes ordering of I/O accessors with MMIO writes. Hence add the comment for pseudo code of writel() and remove confusing text around writel() and wmb(). commit 5846581e3563 ("locking/memory-barriers.txt: Fix broken DMA vs. MMIO ordering example") Co-developed-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
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