On Wed, 5 Feb 2014, Ivan Khoronzhuk wrote: > + /* here we have to be sure the timer has been disabled */ Sigh. This is not a proper explanation for a barrier, really. You want to explain what it serializes against what. i.e. you want to explain why you are using the relaxed functions and avoid a separate non relaxed variant in favour of an explicit barrier. > + __iowmb(); The proper thing is to have an inline function key_stone_barrier() and a full explanation of the issue in exactly that place instead of handwaving comments here and there. Thanks, tglx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html