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  1. 18 Oct, 2002 1 commit
    • Dipankar Sarma's avatar
      [PATCH] RCU helper patchset 1/2 · 0ec69870
      Dipankar Sarma authored
      This first RCU helper patch adds a read_barrier_depends() primitive
      to all archs which is NOP for archs that doesn't require an rmb()
      for data dependent reads when writes are ordered using a wmb().
      In reality, only alpha requires an rmb(), the rest are NOPs.
      It is likely to be necessary in most situations that would use RCU.
      Please apply.
      
       Description :
      
      Sometime ago, during a discussion on lock-free lookups, it was
      agreed that an additional memory barrier interface,
      read_barrier_depends() that is lighter than an rmb(),
      is necessary to make sure that data-dependent reads are not
      re-ordered over this barrier. For many processors, data-dependency
      enforces order, so this interface is a NOP, but for those that don't
      (like alpha), it can be a rmb().
      
      For example, the following code would force ordering (the initial
      value of "a" is zero, "b" is one, and "p" is "&a"):
      
          CPU 0                           CPU 1
      
          b = 2;
          memory_barrier();
          p = &b;                         q = p;
                                          read_barrier_depends();
                                          d = *q;
      
      because the read of "*q" depends on the read of "p" and these
      two reads should be separated by a read_barrier_depends().  However,
      the following code, with the same initial values for "a" and "b":
      
          CPU 0                           CPU 1
      
          a = 2;
          memory_barrier();
          b = 3;                          y = b;
                                          read_barrier_depends();
                                          x = a;
      
      does not enforce ordering, since there is no data dependency between
      the read of "a" and the read of "b".  Therefore, on some CPUs, such
      as Alpha, "y" could be set to 3 and "x" to 0.  rmb()
      needs to be used here, not read_barrier_depends().
      
      The original discussion can be found at -
      http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=100259422200002&r=1&w=2
      
      Explanation of the need for read_barrier_depends()
      can be found at http://lse.sf.net/locking/wmbdd.html
      0ec69870
  2. 22 Jul, 2002 1 commit
  3. 05 Feb, 2002 4 commits
    • Linus Torvalds's avatar
      v2.4.14.1 -> v2.4.14.2 · a8a2069f
      Linus Torvalds authored
        - Ivan Kokshaysky: fix alpha dec_and_lock with modules, for alpha config entry
        - Kai Germaschewski: ISDN updates
        - Jeff Garzik: network driver updates, sysv fs update
        - Kai Mäkisara: SCSI tape update
        - Alan Cox: large drivers merge
        - Nikita Danilov: reiserfs procfs information
        - Andrew Morton: ext3 merge
        - Christoph Hellwig: vxfs livelock fix
        - Trond Myklebust: NFS updates
        - Jens Axboe: cpqarray + cciss dequeue fix
        - Tim Waugh: parport_serial base_baud setting
        - Matthew Dharm: usb-storage Freecom driver fixes
        - Dave McCracken: wait4() thread group race fix
      a8a2069f
    • Linus Torvalds's avatar
      v2.4.10.5 -> v2.4.10.6 · 0a528ace
      Linus Torvalds authored
        - various: fix some module exports uncovered by stricter error checking
        - Urban Widmark: make smbfs use same error define names as samba and win32
        - Greg KH: USB update
        - Tom Rini: MPC8xx ppc update
        - Matthew Wilcox: rd.c page cache flushing fix
        - Richard Gooch: devfs race fix: rwsem for symlinks
        - Björn Wesen: Cris arch update
        - Nikita Danilov: reiserfs cleanup
        - Tim Waugh: parport update
        - Peter Rival: update alpha SMP bootup to match wait_init_idle fixes
        - Trond Myklebust: lockd/grace period fix
      0a528ace
    • Linus Torvalds's avatar
      v2.4.4 -> v2.4.4.1 · 236e6127
      Linus Torvalds authored
        - Al Viro: clean up driver "invalidate_device()" mess
        - Andries Brouwer: make sd.c work with USB Dane-Elec CompactFlash Card
        Reader
        - me: fix nasty lazy kernel page table update problem
        - me: undo fork changes. Too many user-level bugs and unresolved issues.
        - Peter Anvin: iso9660 cleanups
        - Alan Cox: big merge
        - Johannes Erdfelt: UHCI pci DMA setup fix
      236e6127
    • Linus Torvalds's avatar
      v2.4.1.1 -> v2.4.1.2 · 5d12a58c
      Linus Torvalds authored
        - driver sync up with Alan
        - Andrew Morton: wakeup cleanup and race fix
        - Paul Mackerras: macintosh driver updates.
        - don't trust "page_count()" on reserved pages!
        - Russell King: fix serious IDE multimode write bug!
        - me, Jens, others: fix elevator problem
        - ARM, MIPS and cris architecture updates
        - alpha updates: better page clear/copy, avoid kernel lock in execve
        - USB and firewire updates
        - ISDN updates
        - Irda updates
      5d12a58c