where is __memory_barrier in kernel ?
loody
miloody at gmail.com
Thu Mar 10 10:13:13 EST 2011
hi
2011/3/8 piyush moghe <pmkernel at gmail.com>:
> Yes what you are saying is also right, since in order to prevent the
> ordering all the pending memory operations should have completed
> hence as you mentioned processor stops and make sure all the memory
> operations are completed.
I am not sure whether all the memory operations are completed after
cpu stops running for a while.
I think there should be a more aggressive and precise instruction to
handle this behavior, right?
appreciate your kind help,
miloody
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