Re: [PATCH v2 01/21] docs/memory-barriers.txt: Rewrite "KERNEL I/O BARRIER EFFECTS" section

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On Thu, Apr 11, 2019 at 3:13 PM Benjamin Herrenschmidt
<benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Minor nit... I would have said "All readX() and writeX() accesses _from
> the same CPU_ to the same peripheral... and then s/the CPU/this CPU.

Maybe talk about "same thread" rather than "same cpu", with the
understanding that scheduling/preemption has to include the
appropriate cross-CPU IO barrier?

                   Linus



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