Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752916AbXIGXV2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Sep 2007 19:21:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751357AbXIGXVE (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Sep 2007 19:21:04 -0400 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:35227 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751319AbXIGXVD (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Sep 2007 19:21:03 -0400 Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 00:20:59 +0100 (BST) From: Linus Torvalds To: Nick Piggin cc: Jesse Barnes , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Intel Memory Ordering White Paper In-Reply-To: <200709081854.57549.nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> Message-ID: References: <200709071526.51169.jesse.barnes@intel.com> <200709081854.57549.nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 539 Lines: 16 On Sat, 8 Sep 2007, Nick Piggin wrote: > > So, can we finally noop smp_rmb and smp_wmb on x86? Did AMD already release their version? If so, we should probably add a commit that does that in somewhat early 2.6.24 rc, and add the pointers to the whitepapers in the commit message. Linus - 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/