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@@ -1854,16 +1854,10 @@ RELEASE are to the same lock variable, but only from the perspective of
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another CPU not holding that lock. In short, a ACQUIRE followed by an
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RELEASE may -not- be assumed to be a full memory barrier.
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-Similarly, the reverse case of a RELEASE followed by an ACQUIRE does not
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-imply a full memory barrier. If it is necessary for a RELEASE-ACQUIRE
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-pair to produce a full barrier, the ACQUIRE can be followed by an
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-smp_mb__after_unlock_lock() invocation. This will produce a full barrier
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-(including transitivity) if either (a) the RELEASE and the ACQUIRE are
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-executed by the same CPU or task, or (b) the RELEASE and ACQUIRE act on
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-the same variable. The smp_mb__after_unlock_lock() primitive is free
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-on many architectures. Without smp_mb__after_unlock_lock(), the CPU's
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-execution of the critical sections corresponding to the RELEASE and the
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-ACQUIRE can cross, so that:
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+Similarly, the reverse case of a RELEASE followed by an ACQUIRE does
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+not imply a full memory barrier. Therefore, the CPU's execution of the
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+critical sections corresponding to the RELEASE and the ACQUIRE can cross,
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+so that:
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*A = a;
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RELEASE M
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@@ -1901,29 +1895,6 @@ the RELEASE would simply complete, thereby avoiding the deadlock.
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a sleep-unlock race, but the locking primitive needs to resolve
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such races properly in any case.
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-With smp_mb__after_unlock_lock(), the two critical sections cannot overlap.
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-For example, with the following code, the store to *A will always be
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-seen by other CPUs before the store to *B:
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-
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- *A = a;
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- RELEASE M
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- ACQUIRE N
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- smp_mb__after_unlock_lock();
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- *B = b;
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-
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-The operations will always occur in one of the following orders:
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-
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- STORE *A, RELEASE, ACQUIRE, smp_mb__after_unlock_lock(), STORE *B
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- STORE *A, ACQUIRE, RELEASE, smp_mb__after_unlock_lock(), STORE *B
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- ACQUIRE, STORE *A, RELEASE, smp_mb__after_unlock_lock(), STORE *B
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-
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-If the RELEASE and ACQUIRE were instead both operating on the same lock
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-variable, only the first of these alternatives can occur. In addition,
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-the more strongly ordered systems may rule out some of the above orders.
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-But in any case, as noted earlier, the smp_mb__after_unlock_lock()
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-ensures that the store to *A will always be seen as happening before
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-the store to *B.
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-
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Locks and semaphores may not provide any guarantee of ordering on UP compiled
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systems, and so cannot be counted on in such a situation to actually achieve
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anything at all - especially with respect to I/O accesses - unless combined
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@@ -2154,40 +2125,6 @@ But it won't see any of:
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*E, *F or *G following RELEASE Q
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-However, if the following occurs:
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-
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- CPU 1 CPU 2
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- =============================== ===============================
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- WRITE_ONCE(*A, a);
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- ACQUIRE M [1]
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- WRITE_ONCE(*B, b);
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- WRITE_ONCE(*C, c);
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- RELEASE M [1]
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- WRITE_ONCE(*D, d); WRITE_ONCE(*E, e);
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- ACQUIRE M [2]
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- smp_mb__after_unlock_lock();
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- WRITE_ONCE(*F, f);
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- WRITE_ONCE(*G, g);
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- RELEASE M [2]
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- WRITE_ONCE(*H, h);
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-
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-CPU 3 might see:
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-
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- *E, ACQUIRE M [1], *C, *B, *A, RELEASE M [1],
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- ACQUIRE M [2], *H, *F, *G, RELEASE M [2], *D
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-
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-But assuming CPU 1 gets the lock first, CPU 3 won't see any of:
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-
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- *B, *C, *D, *F, *G or *H preceding ACQUIRE M [1]
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- *A, *B or *C following RELEASE M [1]
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- *F, *G or *H preceding ACQUIRE M [2]
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- *A, *B, *C, *E, *F or *G following RELEASE M [2]
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-
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-Note that the smp_mb__after_unlock_lock() is critically important
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-here: Without it CPU 3 might see some of the above orderings.
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-Without smp_mb__after_unlock_lock(), the accesses are not guaranteed
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-to be seen in order unless CPU 3 holds lock M.
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ACQUIRES VS I/O ACCESSES
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