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authorJiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>2009-07-08 12:10:31 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-07-09 17:06:58 -0700
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parenta57de0b4336e48db2811a2030bb68dba8dd09d88 (diff)
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memory barrier: adding smp_mb__after_lock
Adding smp_mb__after_lock define to be used as a smp_mb call after a lock. Making it nop for x86, since {read|write|spin}_lock() on x86 are full memory barriers. Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/include/linux/spinlock.h b/include/linux/spinlock.h
index 252b245..4be57ab 100644
--- a/include/linux/spinlock.h
+++ b/include/linux/spinlock.h
@@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ do { \
#endif /*__raw_spin_is_contended*/
#endif
+/* The lock does not imply full memory barrier. */
+#ifndef ARCH_HAS_SMP_MB_AFTER_LOCK
+static inline void smp_mb__after_lock(void) { smp_mb(); }
+#endif
+
/**
* spin_unlock_wait - wait until the spinlock gets unlocked
* @lock: the spinlock in question.
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