On 05/13, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > Ah, yes, so I'll defer to Oleg and Linus to explain that one. As per the > name: smp_mb__before_spinlock() should of course imply a full barrier. Oh yes, I agree, the name is confusing. At least the comment tries to explain what it does. Oleg. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>