[PATCH v2 11/32] mips: reuse asm-generic/barrier.h

Peter Zijlstra
2016-01-04T13:26:10Z

On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 09:07:10PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin
wrote:
> -#define smp_store_release(p, v)						\
> -do {									\
> -	compiletime_assert_atomic_type(*p);				\
> -	smp_mb();							\
> -	WRITE_ONCE(*p, v);						\
> -} while (0)
> -
> -#define smp_load_acquire(p)						\
> -({									\
> -	typeof(*p) ___p1 = READ_ONCE(*p);				\
> -	compiletime_assert_atomic_type(*p);				\
> -	smp_mb();							\
> -	___p1;								\
> -})

David Daney wanted to use fancy new MIPS barriers to provide better
implementations of this.

This patch isn't in the way of that, just a FYI.