Re: [patch] linux 2.4.17: An mb() rework

["Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl>]

On Fri, 1 Feb 2002, Dominic Sweetman wrote:

> And a plea: the word "flush" in Linux is already abused for caches
> (where it means invalidate, write back, or possibly both).  That's
> enough trouble: if you also "flush" write buffers, your confusion will
> be complete.  Maybe we should leave "flush" to plumbers and use more
> precise terminology for computers...

 Too bad the original name for the function is wbflush() already...  At
least IDT uses it in their docs. 

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