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| author |   Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2014-02-23 08:34:24 -0800 |
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| committer | Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> | 2014-02-24 08:37:29 -0800 |
| commit | 8dd853d7b6efcabba631a590dad3ed55bba7f0f2 (patch) | |
| tree | f45c0ba0f5fb37120d100f159858bf40d89da054 /include/linux/rcutiny.h | |
| parent | documentation: Fix some inconsistencies in RTFP.txt (diff) | |
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Documentation/memory-barriers.txt: Clarify release/acquire ordering
This commit fixes a couple of typos and clarifies what happens when
the CPU chooses to execute a later lock acquisition before a prior
lock release, in particular, why deadlock is avoided.
Reported-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
Reported-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
Reported-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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