On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 10:43:49AM +0000, David Howells wrote: > David S. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If I remember correctly, the ?mb() routines _were_ the original > > SMP memory barriers. > > Would it be worth renaming the mb/rmb/wmb to io_mb/io_rmb/io_wmb? After all, I > believe they should only be used to flush I/O memory accesses. This would, I > think, make the distinction between memory barriers for I/O and memory > barriers for SMP more obvious.
Are you joking or genuinely confused? -- "Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." -- Mark Twain
