From: Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] Re: [PATCH] sal calls w/o taking sal_lock
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 05:18:52 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-ia64-105590723705381@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-ia64-105590723705378@msgid-missing>
On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 12:28:26 -0800,
David Mosberger <davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com> wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 10:06:44 -0800, Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@sgi.com> said:
>
> Jesse> This patch adds SAL_CALL_NOLOCK so that platforms may call the SAL
> Jesse> without taking a lock, if appropriate. The ia64_sal_mc_rendez() has
> Jesse> been changed to use it, since it won't return until all CPUs have been
> Jesse> rendevoused by the SAL, if I understand correctly. It's also used by
> Jesse> various SN specific SAL routines that access the system controllers
> Jesse> and might be useful to other plaforms.
>
>http://lia64.bkbits.net:8080/to-linus-2.5/cset@1.1113?nav=index.html
I do not understand why you renamed the variables. The SAL code is
enclosed in do { } while(); All variables within {} are local, they do
not need unique names.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-04-02 5:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-04-01 20:28 [Linux-ia64] Re: [PATCH] sal calls w/o taking sal_lock David Mosberger
2003-04-01 20:32 ` Jesse Barnes
2003-04-02 5:18 ` Keith Owens [this message]
2003-04-02 6:09 ` Van Maren, Kevin
2003-04-02 6:20 ` Keith Owens
2003-04-02 8:55 ` Andreas Schwab
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