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[Xen-devel] Re: [RFC PATCH 02/33] Add sync bitops
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Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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[Xen-devel] Re: [RFC PATCH 02/33] Add sync bitops |
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Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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2006年7月18日 11:56:41 +0200 |
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On Tue, 2006年07月18日 at 00:00 -0700, Chris Wright wrote:
> plain text document attachment (synch-ops)
> Add "always lock'd" implementations of set_bit, clear_bit and
> change_bit and the corresponding test_and_ functions. Also add
> "always lock'd" implementation of cmpxchg. These give guaranteed
> strong synchronisation and are required for non-SMP kernels running on
> an SMP hypervisor.
Hi,
this sounds really like the wrong approach; you know you're compiling
for xen, so why not just make set_bit() and the others use the lock'd
instructions at compile time?
Greetings,
Arjan van de Ven
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