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authorZhenyu Wang <zhenyuw@linux.intel.com>2018-04-17 10:43:57 +0800
committerZhenyu Wang <zhenyuw@linux.intel.com>2018-04-17 10:45:23 +0800
commit30596ec32e2cd141d73ee8701386887def9e98c0 (patch)
treec8b0d725c46fd8fa504ec0bf41c92c6ff680b406 /include/linux/ptr_ring.h
parentd54e79340ff8d65b6c63ac278158add2fe211fd0 (diff)
parent60cc43fc888428bb2f18f08997432d426a243338 (diff)
Back merge 'drm-intel-fixes' into gvt-fixes
Need for 4.17-rc1 Signed-off-by: Zhenyu Wang <zhenyuw@linux.intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/ptr_ring.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/ptr_ring.h7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/ptr_ring.h b/include/linux/ptr_ring.h
index e6335227b844..6894976b54e3 100644
--- a/include/linux/ptr_ring.h
+++ b/include/linux/ptr_ring.h
@@ -296,13 +296,14 @@ static inline void *__ptr_ring_consume(struct ptr_ring *r)
{
void *ptr;
+ /* The READ_ONCE in __ptr_ring_peek guarantees that anyone
+ * accessing data through the pointer is up to date. Pairs
+ * with smp_wmb in __ptr_ring_produce.
+ */
ptr = __ptr_ring_peek(r);
if (ptr)
__ptr_ring_discard_one(r);
- /* Make sure anyone accessing data through the pointer is up to date. */
- /* Pairs with smp_wmb in __ptr_ring_produce. */
- smp_read_barrier_depends();
return ptr;
}