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On Mon, 2006-11-06 at 07:35 -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote: > It is relevant. In powerpc, can one write happen before another write? > > > x = 1; > barrier(); (only compiler barrier) > b = 2; > > > And have CPU 2 see b=2 before seeing x=1? Yes. Definitely. > If so, then I guess this is indeed a bug on powerpc. Ben. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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