Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261366AbVDISZa (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Apr 2005 14:25:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261369AbVDISZ3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Apr 2005 14:25:29 -0400 Received: from adicia.telenet-ops.be ([195.130.132.56]:63105 "EHLO adicia.telenet-ops.be") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261366AbVDISZW (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 Apr 2005 14:25:22 -0400 Subject: memory_barrier From: Bart De Schuymer To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 18:34:56 +0000 Message-Id: <1113071696.3383.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 (2.0.2-3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1359 Lines: 34 Hi, Is there any reason why __memory_barrier() is still referenced in the kernel source? grep -r memory_barrier gave the following back, which at first seems to suggest barrier() is defined using some phantom __memory_barrier(), quite deceiving... include/linux/compiler-intel.h:#define barrier() __memory_barrier() include/linux/compiler.h:# define barrier() __memory_barrier() include/asm-m32r/system.h: * memory_barrier() for examples and URLs to more information. include/asm-m32r/system.h: * memory_barrier(); include/asm-m32r/system.h: * memory_barrier(); include/asm-i386/system.h: * memory_barrier() for examples and URLs to more information. include/asm-i386/system.h: * memory_barrier(); include/asm-i386/system.h: * memory_barrier(); include/asm-mips/system.h: * memory_barrier() for examples and URLs to more information. include/asm-mips/system.h: * memory_barrier(); include/asm-mips/system.h: * memory_barrier(); include/asm-ia64/intel_intrin.h:void __memory_barrier(void); include/asm-ia64/intel_intrin.h:#define ia64_barrier() __memory_barrier() cheers, Bart - 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/