diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt index 2759f7c188f0..3c4e1b3b80a1 100644 --- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt +++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt @@ -251,12 +251,13 @@ And there are a number of things that _must_ or _must_not_ be assumed: And for: - *A = X; Y = *A; + *A = X; *(A + 4) = Y; - we may get either of: + we may get any of: - STORE *A = X; Y = LOAD *A; - STORE *A = Y = X; + STORE *A = X; STORE *(A + 4) = Y; + STORE *(A + 4) = Y; STORE *A = X; + STORE {*A, *(A + 4) } = {X, Y}; =========================