Re: [PATCH] a minor fix for set_mb() in Documentation/memory-barriers.txt

Oleg Nesterov <[email protected]> wrote:

> set_mb() is used by set_current_state() which needs mb(), not wmb().
> I think it would be right to assume that set_mb() implies mb(), all
> arches seem to do just this.

Yes, you're right.  Copy'n'paste error from the text about set_wmb() I think.

Acked-By: David Howells <[email protected]>
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