| Prior Operation Subsequent Operation |
| --------------- --------------------------- |
| C Self R W RMW Self R W DR DW RMW SV |
| -- ---- - - --- ---- - - -- -- --- -- |
| |
| Relaxed store Y Y |
| Relaxed load Y Y Y Y |
| Relaxed RMW operation Y Y Y Y |
| rcu_dereference() Y Y Y Y |
| Successful *_acquire() R Y Y Y Y Y Y |
| Successful *_release() C Y Y Y W Y |
| smp_rmb() Y R Y Y R |
| smp_wmb() Y W Y Y W |
| smp_mb() & synchronize_rcu() CP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y |
| Successful full non-void RMW CP Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y |
| smp_mb__before_atomic() CP Y Y Y a a a a Y |
| smp_mb__after_atomic() CP a a Y Y Y Y Y Y |
| |
| |
| Key: Relaxed: A relaxed operation is either READ_ONCE(), WRITE_ONCE(), |
| a *_relaxed() RMW operation, an unsuccessful RMW |
| operation, a non-value-returning RMW operation such |
| as atomic_inc(), or one of the atomic*_read() and |
| atomic*_set() family of operations. |
| C: Ordering is cumulative |
| P: Ordering propagates |
| R: Read, for example, READ_ONCE(), or read portion of RMW |
| W: Write, for example, WRITE_ONCE(), or write portion of RMW |
| Y: Provides ordering |
| a: Provides ordering given intervening RMW atomic operation |
| DR: Dependent read (address dependency) |
| DW: Dependent write (address, data, or control dependency) |
| RMW: Atomic read-modify-write operation |
| SELF: Orders self, as opposed to accesses before and/or after |
| SV: Orders later accesses to the same variable |
