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@@ -813,9 +813,10 @@ In summary:
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the same variable, then those stores must be ordered, either by
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preceding both of them with smp_mb() or by using smp_store_release()
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to carry out the stores. Please note that it is -not- sufficient
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- to use barrier() at beginning of each leg of the "if" statement,
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- as optimizing compilers do not necessarily respect barrier()
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- in this case.
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+ to use barrier() at beginning of each leg of the "if" statement
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+ because, as shown by the example above, optimizing compilers can
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+ destroy the control dependency while respecting the letter of the
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+ barrier() law.
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(*) Control dependencies require at least one run-time conditional
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between the prior load and the subsequent store, and this
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