RE: [patch] delete sync.i in ia64_switch_to()

Chen, Kenneth W
2005-09-07T19:12:45Z

Jim Hull wrote on Wednesday, September 07, 2005 10:33 AM
> That sync.i is not old code - it is required.
>
> It is not there to handle kernel fc instructions - as you say, they have
> their own sync instructions. The sync.i in the context switch path is there
> to guarantee that user-mode fc's become visible.

Thank you for the explanation. Now I see the lights :-)

- Ken