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From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] locking/rtmutex: Use acquire/release semantics
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On Wed, 23 Sep 2015, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:

> From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
> 
> As such, weakly ordered archs can benefit from more relaxed use
> of barriers when locking/unlocking.

That changelog is not really helpful if someone is going to look at it
half a year from now who doesn't have the background of the discussion
leading to these changes.

Thanks,

	tglx