On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Jens Axboe wrote: > + > + /* > + * Ensure ordering with tag section > + */ > + smp_mb__before_clear_bit(); > + > + if (unlikely(!test_and_clear_bit(tag, bqt->tag_map))) { You don't need the "smp_mb__before_clear_bit()" there. The regular "clear_bit()" needs it, but the "test_and_xxx()" versions are architecturally defined to be memory barriers, exactly because they are regularly used for locking. This is even documented - see Documentation/atomic_ops.txt. Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html