[doc] extend.texi - "lock critical sections"?

Gerald Pfeifer gerald@pfeifer.com
Wed Feb 1 21:44:00 GMT 2017


Hi Andi, or Uros,

I am not sure, but got a pointer off-list.  Is the patch below
appropriate, or is the term "lock critical section" a special
one for x86?

Gerald

Index: extend.texi
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--- extend.texi	(revision 245106)
+++ extend.texi	(working copy)
@@ -10103,7 +10103,7 @@
 @section x86-Specific Memory Model Extensions for Transactional Memory
 
 The x86 architecture supports additional memory ordering flags
-to mark lock critical sections for hardware lock elision. 
+to mark critical sections for hardware lock elision. 
 These must be specified in addition to an existing memory order to
 atomic intrinsics.
 



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