Re: [PATCHv5 04/16] VFS: add memory barrier to sb_mark_clean and sb_mark_dirty

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On Sun, 2010-06-06 at 17:50 +0300, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
>  void sb_mark_dirty(struct super_block *sb);
>  static inline void sb_mark_clean(struct super_block *sb)
>  {
>  	sb->s_dirty = 0;
> +	/*
> +	 * Normally FSes first unset the sb->s_dirty flag, and then start
> +	 * synchronizing the SB. The memory barrier ensures this order.
> +	 */
> +	smp_mb();
...
>  void sb_mark_dirty(struct super_block *sb)
>  {
> +	/*
> +	 * Normally FSes modify the SB, and then mark it as dirty. The memory
> +	 * barrier ensures this order.
> +	 */
> +	smp_mb();
...

Hmm, these ones should be 'mb()', not 'smp_mb()'.

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)

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