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Subject: RE: Fix ia64 bitops: Full barrier on smp_mb__after_clear_bit()
From: Christoph Lameter <clameter () sgi ! com>
Date: 2006-03-31 21:15:50
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.64.0603311315300.8003 () schroedinger ! engr ! sgi ! com
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On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, Chen, Kenneth W wrote:
> > /*
> > * clear_bit doesn't imply a memory barrier
> > */
> > #define smp_mb__before_clear_bit() smp_mb()
> > #define smp_mb__after_clear_bit() smp_mb()
>
>
> Using a totally different architecture to justify a change for ia64
> specific implementation is a bit strange to me. PPC has their own
> architecture limitation to deal with, why mix that with ia64?
Because clear_bit() on IA64 does not imply a memory barrier either.
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