On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 03:12:29AM +0100, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote: > Am Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 02:01:13AM +0000 schrieb David Holland: > > In this case I would argue that the names should be membar_load_any() > > and membar_any_store(). > > Kind of like with the BUSDMA_* flags, it is not clear from that name in > which direction they work either. As in: is it a barrier that stops the > next load? Is it a barrier that ensures that a store is visible?
Given that English is left-to-right, and that memory barriers are about ordering memory operations, it seems a lot clearer than "enter". -- David A. Holland dholl...@netbsd.org
