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    docs/memory-barriers.txt: Fix confusing name of 'data dependency barrier' · 203185f6
    Akira Yokosawa authored
    The term "data dependency barrier", which has been in
    memory-barriers.txt ever since it was first authored by David Howells,
    has become confusing due to the fact that in LKMM's explanations.txt
    and elsewhere, "data dependency" is used mostly for load-to-store data
    dependency.
    
    To prevent further confusions, do the changes listed below:
    
      - substitute "data dependency barrier" with "address-dependency
        barrier";
      - add note on the removal of kernel APIs for explicit address-
        dependency barriers in kernel release v5.9;
      - note that address-dependency barriers are not necessary for
        load-to-store situations;
      - use READ_ONCE_OLD() for pre-4.15 READ_ONCE() (no implicit address-
        dependency barrier);
      - fix count of kernel memory barrier APIs;
      - and a few more context adjustments.
    
    Note: Cleanups of long lines are deferred to a followup patch.
    Reported-by: default avatar"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211011064233-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org/Signed-off-by: default avatarAkira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com>
    Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
    Cc: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
    Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
    Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
    Cc: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@gmail.com>
    Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
    Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
    Cc: Daniel Lustig <dlustig@nvidia.com>
    Cc: Joel Fernandes <joel@joelfernandes.org>
    Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
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