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> > And that would now really work when CONFIG_X86_OOSTORE=1 is required
> > [after all, it is a write, so it'd need the equivalent of a wmb() or
> > xchg()].
> 
> Is this a hint that your employer may have an x86 chip in the future
> with weak ordering? :)

Hmmm ... taking into account that there are some many thousands of
employees in my company and that I know less than one hundred ...
and that they are all software ... well, I don't think I am into
the rumour mill :]

Inaky Perez-Gonzalez -- Not speaking for Intel - opinions are my own [or my
fault]

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