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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/blackfin')
-rw-r--r-- | arch/blackfin/include/asm/Kbuild | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | arch/blackfin/include/asm/barrier.h | 51 |
2 files changed, 51 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/Kbuild index 46ed6bb9c679..4bd3c3cfc9ab 100644 --- a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/Kbuild +++ b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/Kbuild @@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ generic-y += emergency-restart.h generic-y += errno.h generic-y += fb.h generic-y += futex.h -generic-y += hash.h generic-y += hw_irq.h generic-y += ioctl.h generic-y += ipcbuf.h diff --git a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/barrier.h b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/barrier.h index 420006877998..dfb66fe88b34 100644 --- a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/barrier.h +++ b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/barrier.h @@ -22,6 +22,57 @@ # define mb() do { barrier(); smp_check_barrier(); smp_mark_barrier(); } while (0) # define rmb() do { barrier(); smp_check_barrier(); } while (0) # define wmb() do { barrier(); smp_mark_barrier(); } while (0) +/* + * read_barrier_depends - Flush all pending reads that subsequents reads + * depend on. + * + * No data-dependent reads from memory-like regions are ever reordered + * over this barrier. All reads preceding this primitive are guaranteed + * to access memory (but not necessarily other CPUs' caches) before any + * reads following this primitive that depend on the data return by + * any of the preceding reads. This primitive is much lighter weight than + * rmb() on most CPUs, and is never heavier weight than is + * rmb(). + * + * These ordering constraints are respected by both the local CPU + * and the compiler. + * + * Ordering is not guaranteed by anything other than these primitives, + * not even by data dependencies. See the documentation for + * memory_barrier() for examples and URLs to more information. + * + * For example, the following code would force ordering (the initial + * value of "a" is zero, "b" is one, and "p" is "&a"): + * + * <programlisting> + * CPU 0 CPU 1 + * + * b = 2; + * memory_barrier(); + * p = &b; q = p; + * read_barrier_depends(); + * d = *q; + * </programlisting> + * + * because the read of "*q" depends on the read of "p" and these + * two reads are separated by a read_barrier_depends(). However, + * the following code, with the same initial values for "a" and "b": + * + * <programlisting> + * CPU 0 CPU 1 + * + * a = 2; + * memory_barrier(); + * b = 3; y = b; + * read_barrier_depends(); + * x = a; + * </programlisting> + * + * does not enforce ordering, since there is no data dependency between + * the read of "a" and the read of "b". Therefore, on some CPUs, such + * as Alpha, "y" could be set to 3 and "x" to 0. Use rmb() + * in cases like this where there are no data dependencies. + */ # define read_barrier_depends() do { barrier(); smp_check_barrier(); } while (0) #endif |