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Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 17:17:30 +0200
From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] use unfair spinlock when running on hypervisor.
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On Thu, Jun 03, 2010 at 10:38:32PM +1000, Nick Piggin wrote:
> And they aren't even using ticket spinlocks!!

I suppose they simply don't have unfair memory. Makes things easier.

-Andi
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