Re: [git pull] ia64 changes

Matthew Wilcox
2009-09-26T23:16:54Z

On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 01:39:12PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Ok, so x86 has obviously done ticket locks for a while now, and I think
> it's good that ia64 does too, but I wonder why you made the ticket lock be
> a full 64-bit thing?

This got brought up earlier, and there isn't a fetchadd4, only a fetchadd8.

I have no comment on your other criticism.

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