Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269388AbUINSrL (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:47:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269489AbUINSpU (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:45:20 -0400 Received: from bi01p1.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.142]:43751 "EHLO linux.local") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269366AbUINSoW (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:44:22 -0400 Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 11:40:05 -0700 From: "Paul E. McKenney" To: Stephen Hemminger Cc: ak@suse.de, dipankar@in.ibm.com, maneesh@in.ibm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] Add rcu_assign_pointer() to kill more memory barriers Message-ID: <20040914184005.GC1237@us.ibm.com> Reply-To: paulmck@us.ibm.com References: <20040907223037.GA13346@us.ibm.com> <20040914100856.528bd6c9@dell_ss3.pdx.osdl.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040914100856.528bd6c9@dell_ss3.pdx.osdl.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 505 Lines: 12 On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 10:08:56AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > Looks good, memory barriers are the second major source of confusion > for many developers (after locking). Glad you like it! It passed kernbench on a 4-way x86 box, FYI! Thanx, Paul - 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/