Re: [PATCH] Documentation/memory-barriers.txt: various fixes

[Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@o2.pl>]

On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 08:39:25AM -0500, Scott Preece wrote:
> On 5/21/07, Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@o2.pl> wrote:
> >On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 03:12:07PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> >> Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@o2.pl> wrote:
> >>
> >> > > > -     load will be directed), a data dependency barrier would be 
> >required to
> >> > > > +     load will be directed), the data dependency barrier would be 
> >required to
> >> > >
> >> > > I think that should be "a".
> >> >
> >> > I could only guess (it's a magic to me) - so, if it doesn't matter
> >> > "A data ..." begins this paragraph...
> >>
> >> I see what you mean.  I see it as "a data dependency barrier ..." 
> >though.  That
> >> may be because I wrote the doc, however.  I wonder if "data dependency" 
> >should
> >> be hyphenated to make it clearer.  What do you think?
> >
> >Better don't ask. Now I'm far less decided, than yesterday.
> ---
> 
> "data-dependency barrier" would be better, assuming you mean a barrier
> enforcing a data dependency. If you say "data dependency barrier" you
> could also mean a "dependency barrier" implemented as a piece of data,
> for instance, like a flag value in a data stream that forces
> synchronization with another data stream.
> 

Thanks! I guess, it has to wait till tomorrow (or another patch?).

Regards,
Jarek P.