Re: [PATCH 4/9] firewire: don't use PREPARE_DELAYED_WORK

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Yo,

On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 11:53:46AM -0500, Peter Hurley wrote:
> Ok, I can do that. But AFAIK it'll have to be an smp_rmb(); there is
> no mb__after unlock.

We do have smp_mb__after_unlock_lock().

> [ After thinking about it some, I don't think preventing speculative
>   writes before clearing PENDING if useful or necessary, so that's
>   why I'm suggesting only the rmb. ]

But smp_mb__after_unlock_lock() would be cheaper on most popular
archs, I think.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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