Re: [PATCH] Use term cumul-fence instead of fence in ->prop ordering example

2019-07-30 Thread Paul E. McKenney
On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 04:41:34PM -0400, Alan Stern wrote: > On Mon, 29 Jul 2019, Joel Fernandes (Google) wrote: > > > To reduce ambiguity in the more exotic ->prop ordering example, let us > > use the term cumul-fence instead fence for the 2 fences, so that the > > implict ->rfe on loads/stores

Re: [PATCH] Use term cumul-fence instead of fence in ->prop ordering example

2019-07-29 Thread Alan Stern
On Mon, 29 Jul 2019, Joel Fernandes (Google) wrote: > To reduce ambiguity in the more exotic ->prop ordering example, let us > use the term cumul-fence instead fence for the 2 fences, so that the > implict ->rfe on loads/stores to Y are covered by the description. > > Link: https://lore.kernel.or

[PATCH] Use term cumul-fence instead of fence in ->prop ordering example

2019-07-29 Thread Joel Fernandes (Google)
To reduce ambiguity in the more exotic ->prop ordering example, let us use the term cumul-fence instead fence for the 2 fences, so that the implict ->rfe on loads/stores to Y are covered by the description. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190729121745.ga140...@google.com Suggested-by: Alan S