Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Jul 2004 13:26:38 +0200 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][2.6] Allow x86_64 to reenable interrupts on contention |
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On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 05:29:10 -0400 (EDT) Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@linuxpower.ca> wrote:
> This is a follow up to the previous patches for ia64 and i386, it will > allow x86_64 to reenable interrupts during contested locks depending on > previous interrupt enable status. It has been runtime and compile tested > on UP and 2x SMP Linux-tiny/x86_64.
This will likely increase code size. Do you have numbers by how much? And is it really worth it?
-Andi
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