Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751573AbaBGRVF (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Feb 2014 12:21:05 -0500 Received: from merlin.infradead.org ([205.233.59.134]:57205 "EHLO merlin.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751897AbaBGRVC (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Feb 2014 12:21:02 -0500 Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 18:20:53 +0100 From: Peter Zijlstra To: Will Deacon Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" , Torvald Riegel , Ramana Radhakrishnan , David Howells , "linux-arch@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "torvalds@linux-foundation.org" , "akpm@linux-foundation.org" , "mingo@kernel.org" , "gcc@gcc.gnu.org" Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/5] arch: atomic rework Message-ID: <20140207172053.GT5002@laptop.programming.kicks-ass.net> References: <20140206192743.GH4250@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <1391721423.23421.3898.camel@triegel.csb> <20140206221117.GJ4250@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <1391730288.23421.4102.camel@triegel.csb> <20140207042051.GL4250@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20140207074405.GM5002@laptop.programming.kicks-ass.net> <20140207165028.GO4250@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20140207165548.GR5976@mudshark.cambridge.arm.com> <20140207170654.GQ5002@laptop.programming.kicks-ass.net> <20140207171336.GU5976@mudshark.cambridge.arm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140207171336.GU5976@mudshark.cambridge.arm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2012-12-30) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 05:13:36PM +0000, Will Deacon wrote: > Understood, but that doesn't explain why Paul wants to add ISB/isync > instructions which affect the *CPU* rather than the compiler! I doubt Paul wants it, but yeah, I'm curious about that proposal as well, sounds like someone took a big toke from the bong again; it seems a favourite past time amongst committees. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/