Re: [PATCH v6 5/6] MCS Lock: Restructure the MCS lock defines andlocking code into its own file

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 06:44:55AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> It's a CHK test, so it's only tested with --strict
> 
> $ scripts/checkpatch.pl -f --strict kernel/mutex.c 2>&1 | grep memory
> CHECK: memory barrier without comment
> CHECK: memory barrier without comment
> 
> It could be changed to WARN so it's always on.

Yes please, we can't be too careful with memory barriers.
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