From: "Chen, Kenneth W" <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: RE: [patch] delete sync.i in ia64_switch_to()
Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 19:12:45 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200509071913.j87JDOg01754@unix-os.sc.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200509070723.j877N9g25144@unix-os.sc.intel.com>
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
prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-09-07 19:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-09-07 7:22 [patch] delete sync.i in ia64_switch_to() Chen, Kenneth W
2005-09-07 8:00 ` Chen, Kenneth W
2005-09-07 17:33 ` Jim Hull
2005-09-07 17:59 ` david mosberger
2005-09-07 19:12 ` Chen, Kenneth W [this message]
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