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Date:   Tue, 23 Apr 2019 15:40:03 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: atomic_t.txt: Explain ordering provided
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On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 06:30:10AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> There are a great many that look like this:
> 
> 	smp_mb__before_atomic();
> 	clear_bit(NFSD4_CLIENT_UPCALL_LOCK, &clp->cl_flags);
> 	smp_mb__after_atomic();

Ooh, marvel at the comment describing the ordering there. Oh wait :-(
So much for checkpatch.pl I suppose.

I think the first is a release order for the 'LOCK' bit and the second
is because of wake_up_bit() being a shitty interface.

So maybe that should've been:

	clear_bit_unlock(NFSD4_CLIENT_UPCALL_LOCK, &clp->cl_flags);
	smp_mb__after_atomic();
	wake_up_bit(&clp->cl_flags, NFSD4_CLIENT_UPCALL_LOCK);

instead?