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-rw-r--r--arch/alpha/include/asm/xchg.h15
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/xchg.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/xchg.h
index 68dfb3cb7145..e2660866ce97 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/xchg.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/xchg.h
@@ -128,10 +128,9 @@ ____xchg(, volatile void *ptr, unsigned long x, int size)
* store NEW in MEM. Return the initial value in MEM. Success is
* indicated by comparing RETURN with OLD.
*
- * The memory barrier should be placed in SMP only when we actually
- * make the change. If we don't change anything (so if the returned
- * prev is equal to old) then we aren't acquiring anything new and
- * we don't need any memory barrier as far I can tell.
+ * The memory barrier is placed in SMP unconditionally, in order to
+ * guarantee that dependency ordering is preserved when a dependency
+ * is headed by an unsuccessful operation.
*/
static inline unsigned long
@@ -150,8 +149,8 @@ ____cmpxchg(_u8, volatile char *m, unsigned char old, unsigned char new)
" or %1,%2,%2\n"
" stq_c %2,0(%4)\n"
" beq %2,3f\n"
- __ASM__MB
"2:\n"
+ __ASM__MB
".subsection 2\n"
"3: br 1b\n"
".previous"
@@ -177,8 +176,8 @@ ____cmpxchg(_u16, volatile short *m, unsigned short old, unsigned short new)
" or %1,%2,%2\n"
" stq_c %2,0(%4)\n"
" beq %2,3f\n"
- __ASM__MB
"2:\n"
+ __ASM__MB
".subsection 2\n"
"3: br 1b\n"
".previous"
@@ -200,8 +199,8 @@ ____cmpxchg(_u32, volatile int *m, int old, int new)
" mov %4,%1\n"
" stl_c %1,%2\n"
" beq %1,3f\n"
- __ASM__MB
"2:\n"
+ __ASM__MB
".subsection 2\n"
"3: br 1b\n"
".previous"
@@ -223,8 +222,8 @@ ____cmpxchg(_u64, volatile long *m, unsigned long old, unsigned long new)
" mov %4,%1\n"
" stq_c %1,%2\n"
" beq %1,3f\n"
- __ASM__MB
"2:\n"
+ __ASM__MB
".subsection 2\n"
"3: br 1b\n"
".previous"