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diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt index a6ca533a73fc..a4de88fb55f0 100644 --- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt +++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt @@ -757,10 +757,14 @@ SMP BARRIER PAIRING When dealing with CPU-CPU interactions, certain types of memory barrier should always be paired. A lack of appropriate pairing is almost certainly an error. -A write barrier should always be paired with a data dependency barrier or read -barrier, though a general barrier would also be viable. Similarly a read -barrier or a data dependency barrier should always be paired with at least an -write barrier, though, again, a general barrier is viable: +General barriers pair with each other, though they also pair with +most other types of barriers, albeit without transitivity. An acquire +barrier pairs with a release barrier, but both may also pair with other +barriers, including of course general barriers. A write barrier pairs +with a data dependency barrier, an acquire barrier, a release barrier, +a read barrier, or a general barrier. Similarly a read barrier or a +data dependency barrier pairs with a write barrier, an acquire barrier, +a release barrier, or a general barrier: CPU 1 CPU 2 =============== =============== |