Hello, Linus. On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 11:42:33AM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: ... > smp_rmb() should generally be about the same cost as an acquire. It > can go either way. > > So *if* the algorithm is amenable to smp_wmb()/smp_rmb() kind of > barriers, that's actually quite possibly better than acquire/release.
I see. The write path here is cold so the competition is between rmb and acquire. Unless some significant archs completely screwed it up, acquire still seems like the better option. It's essentially free on x86 after all. Thanks. -- tejun -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
