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Document and update the memory barriers in ipc/sem.c: - Add smp_store_release() to wake_up_sem_queue_prepare() and document why it is needed. - Read q->status using READ_ONCE+smp_acquire__after_ctrl_dep(). as the pair for the barrier inside wake_up_sem_queue_prepare(). - Add comments to all barriers, and mention the rules in the block regarding locking. - Switch to using wake_q_add_safe(). Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191020123305.14715-6-manfred@colorfullife.com Signed-off-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com> Cc: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net> Cc: <1vier1@web.de> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.