Commit-ID: 8ab8b3e1837fc580b30263ed3c44dc34798714d9 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/8ab8b3e1837fc580b30263ed3c44dc34798714d9 Author: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@xxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 23:34:29 -0400 Committer: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> CommitDate: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 10:34:55 -0800 documentation: memory-barriers.txt: Correct example for reorderings Correct the example of memory orderings in memory-barriers.txt Commit 615cc2c9cf95 "Documentation/memory-barriers.txt: fix important typo re memory barriers" changed the assignment to x and y. Change the rest of the example to match this change. Reported-by: Ganesh Rapolu <ganesh.rapolu@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Pranith Kumar <bobby.prani@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/memory-barriers.txt | 22 +++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt index 1073e01..f7fa635 100644 --- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt +++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt @@ -121,22 +121,22 @@ For example, consider the following sequence of events: The set of accesses as seen by the memory system in the middle can be arranged in 24 different combinations: - STORE A=3, STORE B=4, x=LOAD A->3, y=LOAD B->4 - STORE A=3, STORE B=4, y=LOAD B->4, x=LOAD A->3 - STORE A=3, x=LOAD A->3, STORE B=4, y=LOAD B->4 - STORE A=3, x=LOAD A->3, y=LOAD B->2, STORE B=4 - STORE A=3, y=LOAD B->2, STORE B=4, x=LOAD A->3 - STORE A=3, y=LOAD B->2, x=LOAD A->3, STORE B=4 - STORE B=4, STORE A=3, x=LOAD A->3, y=LOAD B->4 + STORE A=3, STORE B=4, y=LOAD A->3, x=LOAD B->4 + STORE A=3, STORE B=4, x=LOAD B->4, y=LOAD A->3 + STORE A=3, y=LOAD A->3, STORE B=4, x=LOAD B->4 + STORE A=3, y=LOAD A->3, x=LOAD B->2, STORE B=4 + STORE A=3, x=LOAD B->2, STORE B=4, y=LOAD A->3 + STORE A=3, x=LOAD B->2, y=LOAD A->3, STORE B=4 + STORE B=4, STORE A=3, y=LOAD A->3, x=LOAD B->4 STORE B=4, ... ... and can thus result in four different combinations of values: - x == 1, y == 2 - x == 1, y == 4 - x == 3, y == 2 - x == 3, y == 4 + x == 2, y == 1 + x == 2, y == 3 + x == 4, y == 1 + x == 4, y == 3 Furthermore, the stores committed by a CPU to the memory system may not be -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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