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Commit 8dd853d7 authored by Paul E. McKenney's avatar Paul E. McKenney
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Documentation/memory-barriers.txt: Clarify release/acquire ordering



This commit fixes a couple of typos and clarifies what happens when
the CPU chooses to execute a later lock acquisition before a prior
lock release, in particular, why deadlock is avoided.

Reported-by: default avatarPeter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
Reported-by: default avatarJames Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
Reported-by: default avatarStefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
parent e4696a1d
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