Re: Synchronizing Bit operations V2

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Christoph Lameter <clameter@xxxxxxx> writes:
> MODE_BARRIER
> 	An atomic operation that is guaranteed to occur between
> 	previous and later memory operations.


I think it's a bad idea to create such an complicated interface.
The chances that an average kernel coder will get these right are
quite small. And it will be 100% untested outside IA64 I guess
and thus likely be always slightly buggy as kernel code continues
to change.

-Andi
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