On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 02:44:30PM +0100, Michal Hocko wrote: > On Mon 13-11-17 09:09:57, Reshetova, Elena wrote: > > <snip> > > > > > Note that there's work done on better documents and updates to this one. > > > One document that might be good to read (I have not in fact had time to > > > read it myself yet :-(): > > > > > > https://github.com/aparri/memory- > > > model/blob/master/Documentation/explanation.txt > > > > > > > I have just finished reading over this and must say that this is excellent. > > I fully second this. The main problem with > Documentation/memory-barriers.txt is that it jumps from "easy to follow" > to "blow your head" parts is just too quick. On the other hand the above > explanation builds the picture from basics and piles up new layers on > top of previous. So I found it much more easier to grasp. I cannot > really speak for the correctness in all aspects but it certainly makes a > lot of sense to me. If you are really interested then feel free to add. > Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mho...@suse.com>
Thank you, props to Alan for the writing, and I have applied your ack! Thanx, Paul