[linux-pm] [Suspend-devel] [RFC][PATCH -mm 1/5] PM: Make freeze_processes SMP-safe

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On Monday, 27 November 2006 00:28, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > > If frozen is atomic_t, do we need memory barrier?
> > 
> > I think so.  For example on x86-64 atomic_read() is just a read.
> 
> I'm not sure, but for x86-64 barriers are nops, anyway, IIRC.

Well, last time I checked they were "lfence" and "sfence", at least on SMP.

Greetings,
Rafael


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