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-rw-r--r--Documentation/memory-barriers.txt10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
index fa5d8a9ae205..c8c42e64e953 100644
--- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
@@ -531,9 +531,10 @@ dependency barrier to make it work correctly. Consider the following bit of
code:
q = &a;
- if (p)
+ if (p) {
+ <data dependency barrier>
q = &b;
- <data dependency barrier>
+ }
x = *q;
This will not have the desired effect because there is no actual data
@@ -542,9 +543,10 @@ attempting to predict the outcome in advance. In such a case what's actually
required is:
q = &a;
- if (p)
+ if (p) {
+ <read barrier>
q = &b;
- <read barrier>
+ }
x = *q;