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Paul E. McKenney 8dd853d7b6 Documentation/memory-barriers.txt: Clarify release/acquire ordering
This commit fixes a couple of typos and clarifies what happens when
the CPU chooses to execute a later lock acquisition before a prior
lock release, in particular, why deadlock is avoided.

Reported-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
Reported-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
Reported-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
2014-02-24 08:37:29 -08:00
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ABI tty: Set correct tty name in 'active' sysfs attribute 2014-02-07 08:40:54 -08:00
accounting
acpi ACPI and power management updates for 3.14-rc1 2014-01-24 15:51:02 -08:00
aoe
arm Documentation/: update 00-INDEX files 2014-02-10 16:01:40 -08:00
arm64
auxdisplay
backlight
blackfin Documentation/: update 00-INDEX files 2014-02-10 16:01:40 -08:00
block Documentation/: update 00-INDEX files 2014-02-10 16:01:40 -08:00
blockdev zram: remove old private project comment 2014-01-30 16:56:55 -08:00
bus-devices
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cgroups Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media 2014-01-31 09:31:14 -08:00
connector
console
cpu-freq Documentation: cpufreq / boost: Update BOOST documentation 2014-01-17 02:00:45 +01:00
cpuidle
cris
crypto
development-process
device-mapper dm cache: add policy name to status output 2014-01-16 13:44:11 -05:00
devicetree A collection of ARM SoC fixes for v3.14-rc1. 2014-02-15 15:01:33 -08:00
DocBook Merge branch 'v4l_for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media 2014-01-31 09:31:14 -08:00
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dvb [media] update Michael Krufky's email address 2014-02-04 06:34:21 -02:00
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extcon extcon: fix switch class porting guide (Documentation) 2014-01-07 11:54:28 +09:00
fault-injection
fb Documentation/: update 00-INDEX files 2014-02-10 16:01:40 -08:00
filesystems Documentation/: update 00-INDEX files 2014-02-10 16:01:40 -08:00
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hwmon Update Jean Delvare's e-mail address 2014-01-29 20:40:08 +01:00
i2c Documentation: i2c: mention ACPI method for instantiating devices 2014-02-15 19:46:34 +01:00
i2o
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ide Documentation/: update 00-INDEX files 2014-02-10 16:01:40 -08:00
infiniband
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ioctl s390/hypfs: add interface for diagnose 0x304 2014-01-24 09:40:59 +01:00
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ko_KR Documentation: HOWTO: Updates on subsystem trees, patchwork, -next (vs. -mm) in ko_KR 2014-01-08 15:32:51 -08:00
laptops Documentation/: update 00-INDEX files 2014-02-10 16:01:40 -08:00
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mmc
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mtd mtd: nand: pxa3xx: Add documentation about the controller 2014-01-03 11:22:09 -08:00
namespaces
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networking Documentation/: update 00-INDEX files 2014-02-10 16:01:40 -08:00
nfc
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PCI Merge branch 'pci/msi' into next 2014-01-07 17:34:39 -07:00
pcmcia
power Documentation/: update 00-INDEX files 2014-02-10 16:01:40 -08:00
powerpc
pps
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pti
ptp ptp: Allow selecting trigger/event index in testptp 2014-02-04 20:26:46 -08:00
rapidio
RCU documentation: Fix some inconsistencies in RTFP.txt 2014-02-17 14:56:10 -08:00
s390 Documentation/: update 00-INDEX files 2014-02-10 16:01:40 -08:00
scheduler Documentation/: update 00-INDEX files 2014-02-10 16:01:40 -08:00
scsi Documentation/: update 00-INDEX files 2014-02-10 16:01:40 -08:00
security ima: update IMA-templates.txt documentation 2014-01-03 07:42:59 -05:00
serial Documentation/: update 00-INDEX files 2014-02-10 16:01:40 -08:00
sh
sound ASoC: docs: Update the Overview document 2014-01-07 17:56:32 +00:00
spi spi: Fixes for v3.14 2014-02-12 09:11:24 -08:00
sysctl Merge branch 'core-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2014-01-31 08:59:46 -08:00
target
thermal
timers Documentation/: update 00-INDEX files 2014-02-10 16:01:40 -08:00
tpm
trace Documentation/trace/postprocess/trace-vmscan-postprocess.pl: fix the traceevent regex 2014-01-23 16:36:52 -08:00
usb doc: Fix typo in USB Gadget Documentation 2014-01-10 15:33:54 +01:00
vDSO
video4linux [media] sn9c102: prepare for removal by moving it to staging 2013-12-20 13:41:36 -02:00
virtual Documentation/: update 00-INDEX files 2014-02-10 16:01:40 -08:00
vm Documentation/: update 00-INDEX files 2014-02-10 16:01:40 -08:00
w1 Documentation/: update 00-INDEX files 2014-02-10 16:01:40 -08:00
watchdog
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x86 Documentation/: update 00-INDEX files 2014-02-10 16:01:40 -08:00
xtensa xtensa: remap io area defined in device tree 2014-01-15 00:25:14 +04:00
zh_CN Documentation:Update Documentation/zh_CN/arm64/memory.txt 2014-02-07 15:24:31 -08:00
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00-INDEX Documentation/: update 00-INDEX files 2014-02-10 16:01:40 -08:00
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clk.txt clk: Add set_rate_and_parent() op 2014-01-16 12:00:57 -08:00
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cpu-hotplug.txt Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt: fix a typo in example code 2014-01-23 16:37:01 -08:00
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debugging-via-ohci1394.txt firewire: Enable remote DMA above 4 GB 2014-01-20 01:11:13 +01:00
dell_rbu.txt
devices.txt misc: Reserve minor for VFIO 2013-12-19 10:17:11 -07:00
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dynamic-debug-howto.txt dynamic-debug-howto.txt: update since new wildcard support 2014-01-23 16:36:55 -08:00
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highuid.txt
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intel_txt.txt
Intel-IOMMU.txt
io_ordering.txt
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IPMI.txt
IRQ-affinity.txt
IRQ-domain.txt
IRQ.txt
irqflags-tracing.txt
isapnp.txt
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kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
kernel-docs.txt
kernel-parameters.txt Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt: fix memmap= language 2014-02-06 13:48:51 -08:00
kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt Documentation/kernel-per-CPU-kthreads.txt: Workqueue affinity 2014-02-17 14:56:08 -08:00
kmemcheck.txt
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kobject.txt
kprobes.txt
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ldm.txt
local_ops.txt
lockdep-design.txt
lockstat.txt
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memory-barriers.txt Documentation/memory-barriers.txt: Clarify release/acquire ordering 2014-02-24 08:37:29 -08:00
memory-hotplug.txt
module-signing.txt
mono.txt
mutex-design.txt
nommu-mmap.txt
numastat.txt
oops-tracing.txt
padata.txt
parport-lowlevel.txt
parport.txt
percpu-rw-semaphore.txt
phy.txt drivers: phy: Add support for optional phys 2014-02-05 05:48:43 +00:00
pi-futex.txt
pinctrl.txt pinctrl: Fix some typos and grammar issues in the documentation 2014-01-15 13:59:50 +01:00
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printk-formats.txt vsprintf: add %pad extension for dma_addr_t use 2014-01-23 16:36:56 -08:00
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