[bootlin/training-materials updates] master: kernel: iomem: Use the wording 'issued' for explaining the read barrier (080c2307)

Miquel Raynal miquel.raynal at bootlin.com
Thu Jun 2 16:08:24 CEST 2022


Repository : https://github.com/bootlin/training-materials
On branch  : master
Link       : https://github.com/bootlin/training-materials/commit/080c2307e8f91031946968beb40169f23d1e12d1

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commit 080c2307e8f91031946968beb40169f23d1e12d1
Author: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal at bootlin.com>
Date:   Thu Jun 2 16:08:24 2022 +0200

    kernel: iomem: Use the wording 'issued' for explaining the read barrier
    
    Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal at bootlin.com>


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080c2307e8f91031946968beb40169f23d1e12d1
 .../kernel-driver-development-io-memory.tex                             | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/slides/kernel-driver-development-io-memory/kernel-driver-development-io-memory.tex b/slides/kernel-driver-development-io-memory/kernel-driver-development-io-memory.tex
index 18ac90e3..3632d120 100644
--- a/slides/kernel-driver-development-io-memory/kernel-driver-development-io-memory.tex
+++ b/slides/kernel-driver-development-io-memory/kernel-driver-development-io-memory.tex
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ void write[bwlq](unsigned val, void *addr);
   \frametitle{Ordering}
   \begin{itemize}
   \item \code{write[bwlq]} ensures all prior writes have been posted
-  \item \code{read[bwlq]} ensures read reception before continuing
+  \item \code{read[bwlq]} ensures the read has been issued before continuing
   \item Reordering is prevented to avoid trouble if the device expects
     one register to be read/written before another one!
   \item Sometimes compiler/CPU reordering is not an issue, in this case




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