Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964798AbWCGXTh (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Mar 2006 18:19:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964799AbWCGXTh (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Mar 2006 18:19:37 -0500 Received: from liaag2ae.mx.compuserve.com ([149.174.40.156]:3041 "EHLO liaag2ae.mx.compuserve.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964798AbWCGXTh convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Mar 2006 18:19:37 -0500 Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 18:17:19 -0500 From: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Document Linux's memory barriers To: David Howells Cc: linux-kernel Message-ID: <200603071819_MC3-1-BA15-3119@compuserve.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 918 Lines: 30 In-Reply-To: <31492.1141753245@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> On Tue, 07 Mar 2006 17:40:45 +0000, David Howells wrote: > The attached patch documents the Linux kernel's memory barriers. References: AMD64 Architecture Programmer's Manual Volume 2: System Programming Chapter 7.1: Memory-Access Ordering Chapter 7.4: Buffering and Combining Memory Writes IA-32 Intel Architecture Software Developer?s Manual, Volume 3: System Programming Guide Chapter 7.1: Locked Atomic Operations Chapter 7.2: Memory Ordering Chapter 7.4: Serializing Instructions -- Chuck "Penguins don't come from next door, they come from the Antarctic!" - 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/