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Armv8.3 introduced the LDAPR instruction, which provides weaker memory ordering semantics than LDARi (RCpc vs RCsc). Generally, we provide an RCsc implementation when implementing the Linux memory model, but LDAPR can be used as a useful alternative to dependency ordering, particularly when the compiler is capable of breaking the dependencies. Since LDAPR is not available on all CPUs, add a cpufeature to detect it at runtime and allow the instruction to be used with alternative code patching. Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.