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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2010-04-02 19:37:50 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2010-04-02 19:38:10 +0200 |
| commit | ec5e61aabeac58670691bd0613388d16697d0d81 (patch) | |
| tree | 59838509358f27334874b90756505785cde29b02 /Documentation/memory-barriers.txt | |
| parent | 75ec5a245c7763c397f31ec8964d0a46c54a7386 (diff) | |
| parent | 8bb39f9aa068262732fe44b965d7a6eb5a5a7d67 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'perf/urgent' into perf/core
Conflicts:
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
Merge reason: Resolve the conflict, pick up fixes
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt index 7f5809e..631ad2f 100644 --- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt +++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ ============================ By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> + Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Contents: @@ -60,6 +61,10 @@ Contents: - And then there's the Alpha. + (*) Example uses. + + - Circular buffers. + (*) References. @@ -2226,6 +2231,21 @@ The Alpha defines the Linux kernel's memory barrier model. See the subsection on "Cache Coherency" above. +============ +EXAMPLE USES +============ + +CIRCULAR BUFFERS +---------------- + +Memory barriers can be used to implement circular buffering without the need +of a lock to serialise the producer with the consumer. See: + + Documentation/circular-buffers.txt + +for details. + + ========== REFERENCES ========== |
