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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-11-18 22:19:03 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2009-11-18 22:19:03 -0800
commit3505d1a9fd65e2d3e00827857b6795d9d8983658 (patch)
tree941cfafdb57c427bb6b7ebf6354ee93b2a3693b5 /arch/sparc/include/asm/system_64.h
parentMerge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6 (diff)
parentMerge branch 'fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davej/cpufreq (diff)
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Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
Conflicts: drivers/net/sfc/sfe4001.c drivers/net/wireless/libertas/cmd.c drivers/staging/Kconfig drivers/staging/Makefile drivers/staging/rtl8187se/Kconfig drivers/staging/rtl8192e/Kconfig
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diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/system_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/system_64.h
index 25e848f0cad7..d47a98e66972 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")