Re: [PATCH 16/16] rxrpc: Replace smp_read_barrier_depends() with lockless_dereference()

From: David Howells
Date: Thu Nov 13 2014 - 18:07:44 EST


Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> OK. Should I send in a patch removing these barriers then?

No. There need to be stronger barriers, at least in some of the cases.
circular-buffers.txt details what is required, but not all of the cases match
the pattern there, so it needs a bit more consideration.

David
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