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[PATCH memory-barriers.txt 7/7] Documentation,barriers: Mention smp_cond_acquire()

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From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>

... do this next to smp_load_acquire when first mentioning
ACQUIRE. While this call is briefly explained and ctrl
dependencies are mentioned later, it does not hurt the reader.

Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 Documentation/memory-barriers.txt | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
index 7133626a61d0..a9454b1c73bd 100644
--- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
@@ -431,8 +431,9 @@ And a couple of implicit varieties:
      This acts as a one-way permeable barrier.  It guarantees that all memory
      operations after the ACQUIRE operation will appear to happen after the
      ACQUIRE operation with respect to the other components of the system.
-     ACQUIRE operations include LOCK operations and smp_load_acquire()
-     operations.
+     ACQUIRE operations include LOCK operations and both smp_load_acquire()
+     and smp_cond_acquire() operations. The later builds the necessary ACQUIRE
+     semantics from relying on a control dependency and smp_rmb().
 
      Memory operations that occur before an ACQUIRE operation may appear to
      happen after it completes.
-- 
2.5.2

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[PATCH memory-barriers.txt 7/7] Documentation,barriers: Mention smp_cond_acquire() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-04-12 18:00 +0200
  [tip:locking/core] locking/Documentation: Mention  smp_cond_acquire() tip-bot for Davidlohr Bueso <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2016-04-13 09:40 +0200
  Re: [PATCH memory-barriers.txt 7/7] Documentation,barriers: Mention  smp_cond_acquire() Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-04-13 15:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH memory-barriers.txt 7/7] Documentation,barriers: Mention  smp_cond_acquire() "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-04-13 16:20 +0200

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