From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751695AbWHAR0F (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Aug 2006 13:26:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751705AbWHAR0E (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Aug 2006 13:26:04 -0400 Received: from mail.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:62103 "EHLO mx1.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751694AbWHAR0D (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Aug 2006 13:26:03 -0400 From: Andi Kleen To: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> Subject: Re: [patch] x86_64: remove lock prefix from is_at_popf() tests Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 19:06:32 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.3 Cc: linux-kernel References: <200608010703_MC3-1-C6B1-9266@compuserve.com> In-Reply-To: <200608010703_MC3-1-C6B1-9266@compuserve.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200608011906.32680.ak@suse.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tuesday 01 August 2006 13:00, Chuck Ebbert wrote: > The lock prefix will cause an exception when used with the > popf instruction, so no need to continue searching after it's > found. Applied thanks. -Andi