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authorakpm@osdl.org2005-05-01 17:58:47 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds2005-05-01 17:58:47 +0200
commitd59dd4620fb8d6422555a9e2b82a707718e68327 (patch)
tree78205657d24efcaa3f8314064951ac3814ed95a7 /kernel/timer.c
parent[PATCH] ppc64: use smp_mb and smp_wmb (diff)
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[PATCH] use smp_mb/wmb/rmb where possible
Replace a number of memory barriers with smp_ variants. This means we won't take the unnecessary hit on UP machines. Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/timer.c')
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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index ecb3d67c0e14..207aa4f0aa10 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_getppid(void)
* Make sure we read the pid before re-reading the
* parent pointer:
*/
- rmb();
+ smp_rmb();
parent = me->group_leader->real_parent;
if (old != parent)
continue;