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authorZhi Wang <zhi.a.wang@intel.com>2018-05-14 00:19:07 +0300
committerZhi Wang <zhi.a.wang@intel.com>2018-05-14 00:22:01 +0300
commitbba9525520b6028ecbe7486e13216e9ede8636be (patch)
treef82f4f2adecf6f97933c88050682d44336db783e /include/linux/ptr_ring.h
parentcb8ba171ae6c1e4f5fa027162c06d50fc2b43055 (diff)
parent0c79f9cb77eae28d48a4f9fc1b3341aacbbd260c (diff)
downloadlinux-bba9525520b6028ecbe7486e13216e9ede8636be.tar.xz
Merge branch 'drm-intel-next-queued' into gvt-next
Signed-off-by: Zhi Wang <zhi.a.wang@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/ptr_ring.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/ptr_ring.h7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/ptr_ring.h b/include/linux/ptr_ring.h
index e6335227b844..6894976b54e3 100644
--- a/include/linux/ptr_ring.h
+++ b/include/linux/ptr_ring.h
@@ -296,13 +296,14 @@ static inline void *__ptr_ring_consume(struct ptr_ring *r)
{
void *ptr;
+ /* The READ_ONCE in __ptr_ring_peek guarantees that anyone
+ * accessing data through the pointer is up to date. Pairs
+ * with smp_wmb in __ptr_ring_produce.
+ */
ptr = __ptr_ring_peek(r);
if (ptr)
__ptr_ring_discard_one(r);
- /* Make sure anyone accessing data through the pointer is up to date. */
- /* Pairs with smp_wmb in __ptr_ring_produce. */
- smp_read_barrier_depends();
return ptr;
}