From deed62edffe600bc5b379c872d3004116e001b66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Piggin Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:32:58 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] writeback: remove smp_mb(), it's not needed with list_add_tail_rcu() list_add_tail_rcu contains required barriers. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- fs/fs-writeback.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c index 34757758511a..59c99e729187 100644 --- a/fs/fs-writeback.c +++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c @@ -151,10 +151,10 @@ static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct bdi_work *work) BUG_ON(!bdi->wb_cnt); /* - * Make sure stores are seen before it appears on the list + * list_add_tail_rcu() contains the necessary barriers to + * make sure the above stores are seen before the item is + * noticed on the list */ - smp_mb(); - spin_lock(&bdi->wb_lock); list_add_tail_rcu(&work->list, &bdi->work_list); spin_unlock(&bdi->wb_lock); -- 2.20.1