From a897b13d1b77c8bd532a239adfd48c286a1b39ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: SeongJae Park Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 00:41:23 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs/memory-barriers.txt: Remove remaining references to mmiowb() This commit removes references to sections erased by Commit 915530396c78 ("Documentation: Kill all references to mmiowb()"). Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191121234125.28032-6-sj38.park@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet --- Documentation/memory-barriers.txt | 11 +++-------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt index 1adbb8a371c7..ec3b5865c1be 100644 --- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt +++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt @@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ CONTENTS - Compiler barrier. - CPU memory barriers. - - MMIO write barrier. (*) Implicit kernel memory barriers. @@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ CONTENTS (*) Inter-CPU acquiring barrier effects. - Acquires vs memory accesses. - - Acquires vs I/O accesses. (*) Where are memory barriers needed? @@ -492,10 +490,9 @@ And a couple of implicit varieties: happen before it completes. The use of ACQUIRE and RELEASE operations generally precludes the need - for other sorts of memory barrier (but note the exceptions mentioned in - the subsection "MMIO write barrier"). In addition, a RELEASE+ACQUIRE - pair is -not- guaranteed to act as a full memory barrier. However, after - an ACQUIRE on a given variable, all memory accesses preceding any prior + for other sorts of memory barrier. In addition, a RELEASE+ACQUIRE pair is + -not- guaranteed to act as a full memory barrier. However, after an + ACQUIRE on a given variable, all memory accesses preceding any prior RELEASE on that same variable are guaranteed to be visible. In other words, within a given variable's critical section, all accesses of all previous critical sections for that variable are guaranteed to have @@ -1512,8 +1509,6 @@ levels: (*) CPU memory barriers. - (*) MMIO write barrier. - COMPILER BARRIER ----------------