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There are only a couple of instructions that can function as a memory barrier on parisc. Currently, we use the sync instruction as a memory barrier when releasing a spinlock. However, the ldcw instruction is a better barrier when we have a handy memory location since it operates in the cache on coherent machines. This patch updates the spinlock release code to use ldcw. I also changed the "stw,ma" instructions to "stw" instructions as it is not an adequate barrier. Signed-off-by: John David Anglin <dave.anglin@bell.net> Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
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.