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| author | James Morris <jmorris@macbook.(none)> | 2009-12-03 12:03:40 +0530 |
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| committer | James Morris <jmorris@macbook.(none)> | 2009-12-03 12:03:40 +0530 |
| commit | c84d6efd363a3948eb32ec40d46bab6338580454 (patch) | |
| tree | 3ba7ac46e6626fe8ac843834588609eb6ccee5c6 /arch/sparc/include/asm/system_64.h | |
| parent | 7539cf4b92be4aecc573ea962135f246a7a33401 (diff) | |
| parent | 22763c5cf3690a681551162c15d34d935308c8d7 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' into next
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/sparc/include/asm/system_64.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/sparc/include/asm/system_64.h | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/system_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/system_64.h index 25e848f0cad..d47a98e6697 100644 --- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/system_64.h +++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/system_64.h @@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ do { __asm__ __volatile__("ba,pt %%xcc, 1f\n\t" \ : : : "memory"); \ } while (0) +/* The kernel always executes in TSO memory model these days, + * and furthermore most sparc64 chips implement more stringent + * memory ordering than required by the specifications. + */ #define mb() membar_safe("#StoreLoad") #define rmb() __asm__ __volatile__("":::"memory") #define wmb() __asm__ __volatile__("":::"memory") |