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From: Oliver Xymoron <oxymoron@waste.org>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: "Perez-Gonzalez, Inaky" <inaky.perez-gonzalez@intel.com>,
	"'Robert Love'" <rml@tech9.net>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.5.52] Use __set_current_state() instead of current-> state = (take 1)
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 13:36:20 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20021220193620.GE27486@waste.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1040353708.30925.20.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk>

On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 03:08:28AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> In addition you have to treat store ordering/locking carefully due to
> the pentium pro store fencing errata. (Thats why our < PII kernel
> generates lock movb to unlock when in theory the lock isnt needed).

Except the SMP causality test app I wrote got success reports from every
PPro stepping level.

-- 
 "Love the dolphins," she advised him. "Write by W.A.S.T.E.." 

  reply	other threads:[~2002-12-20 19:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-12-19 19:04 [PATCH 2.5.52] Use __set_current_state() instead of current-> state = (take 1) Perez-Gonzalez, Inaky
2002-12-20  3:08 ` Alan Cox
2002-12-20 19:36   ` Oliver Xymoron [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-12-19  2:40 Perez-Gonzalez, Inaky
2002-12-19  3:19 ` Robert Love
2002-12-19  1:53 Perez-Gonzalez, Inaky
2002-12-19  2:04 ` Robert Love
2002-12-19  0:46 Perez-Gonzalez, Inaky
2002-12-19  1:03 ` Robert Love
2002-12-18 23:56 [PATCH 2.5.52] Use __set_current_state() instead of current->state " Inaky Perez-Gonzalez
2002-12-19  0:11 ` Robert Love

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