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From: Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
Cc: Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org>,
	Linux-Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Clean up x86 interrupt entry code
Date: 06 Apr 2002 16:45:20 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1018129520.899.113.camel@phantasy> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0204061216570.26740-100000@penguin.transmeta.com>

On Sat, 2002-04-06 at 15:18, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> It seems to be always loaded by the common interrupt code (and %ebx is a 
> call-saved register, so calling the interrupt handlers and returning 
> doesn't clobber it).

True enough.  I guess I should of done this from the beginning ...

> But testing it may be a good idea ;^p

Of course I will, but it is hard (and subject to Heisenberg principals)
to test that we preempt whenever necessary.  Only with the patch I sent
you earlier am I seeing no missed preemptions ... now to work on the
egregiously long-held locks.

	Robert Love


      reply	other threads:[~2002-04-06 21:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-04-06 20:03 [PATCH] Clean up x86 interrupt entry code Brian Gerst
2002-04-06 20:11 ` Robert Love
2002-04-06 20:15   ` Brian Gerst
2002-04-06 20:18   ` Linus Torvalds
2002-04-06 21:45     ` Robert Love [this message]

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