> > Seems to me that you are basically reverting 5ce6c1f3535f > > ("riscv/atomic: Strengthen implementations with fences"). That commit > > fixed an memory ordering issue, could you explain why the issue no > > longer needs a fix? > > I'm not reverting the prior patch, just optimizing it. > > In RISC-V “A” Standard Extension for Atomic Instructions spec, it said: With reference to the RISC-V herd specification at: https://github.com/riscv/riscv-isa-manual.git the issue, better, lr-sc-aqrl-pair-vs-full-barrier seems to _no longer_ need a fix since commit: 03a5e722fc0f ("Updates to the memory consistency model spec") (here a template, to double check: https://github.com/litmus-tests/litmus-tests-riscv/blob/master/tests/non-mixed-size/HAND/LR-SC-NOT-FENCE.litmus ) I defer to Daniel/others for a "bi-section" of the prose specification. ;-) Andrea