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Documentation/memory-barriers.txt: Clarify release/acquire ordering
authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Sun, 23 Feb 2014 16:34:24 +0000 (08:34 -0800)
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Mon, 24 Feb 2014 16:37:29 +0000 (08:37 -0800)
commit6b6763e4c4c80195ed6dae4f48d205db999c70b8
treef45c0ba0f5fb37120d100f159858bf40d89da054
parentd81d346d44a023d966d7b38b7d321b09c328c85f
Documentation/memory-barriers.txt: Clarify release/acquire ordering

This commit fixes a couple of typos and clarifies what happens when
the CPU chooses to execute a later lock acquisition before a prior
lock release, in particular, why deadlock is avoided.

Reported-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
Reported-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
Reported-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Documentation/memory-barriers.txt