tree 7b87d9d867296d4a14e9b287129fcfd0b2cd1b47
parent e78042e5b83936b1d12a4b5bbb492bdd88ad76c6
author Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> 1225387721 +0100
committer Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> 1225957316 +0100

generic-ipi: fix the smp_mb() placement

smp_mb() is needed (to make the memory operations visible globally) before
sending the ipi on the sender and the receiver (on Alpha atleast) needs
smp_read_barrier_depends() in the handler before reading the call_single_queue
list in a lock-free fashion.

On x86, x2apic mode register accesses for sending IPI's don't have serializing
semantics. So the need for smp_mb() before sending the IPI becomes more
critical in x2apic mode.

Remove the unnecessary smp_mb() in csd_flag_wait(), as the presence of that
smp_mb() doesn't mean anything on the sender, when the ipi receiver is not
doing any thing special (like memory fence) after clearing the CSD_FLAG_WAIT.

Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>