Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751735AbaK0Gta (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Nov 2014 01:49:30 -0500 Received: from mail-la0-f41.google.com ([209.85.215.41]:51311 "EHLO mail-la0-f41.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750783AbaK0Gt2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 27 Nov 2014 01:49:28 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1416285598-6630-1-git-send-email-sriku.linux@gmail.com> References: <1416285598-6630-1-git-send-email-sriku.linux@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 12:19:26 +0530 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: memory-barriers: Fix typo in the first example From: Srikanth Thokala To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Srikanth Thokala Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, Kindly review the patch. Thanks Srikanth On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Srikanth Thokala wrote: > In the first example, the loads into 'x' and 'y' on CPU 2 doesn't > match the sequence of events described below it. To match the > sequence of events, the values of 'A' and 'B' should be loaded > into 'x' and 'y' respectively. > > Signed-off-by: Srikanth Thokala > --- > Documentation/memory-barriers.txt | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt > index 22a969c..2770bce 100644 > --- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt > +++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt > @@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ For example, consider the following sequence of events: > CPU 1 CPU 2 > =============== =============== > { A == 1; B == 2 } > - A = 3; x = B; > - B = 4; y = A; > + A = 3; x = A; > + B = 4; y = B; > > The set of accesses as seen by the memory system in the middle can be arranged > in 24 different combinations: > -- > 1.9.1 > -- 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/