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SubjectRe: [patch 2.6.14-rc4] i386: spinlock optimization
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On Fri, 14 Oct 2005, Andrew Morton wrote:

> "linux-os \(Dick Johnson\)" <linux-os@analogic.com> wrote:
>>
>> Somehow, these spin-locks got all screwed up.
>>
>> Given: nobody has the lock. The lock variable is 0.
>
> Unlocked locks have .raw_lock.slock = 1, not 0.
>

Hmmm. Okay. Doesn't that add more code?


Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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