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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] i386: fix early usage of atomic_add_return and local_add_return on real i386
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    On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 12:34 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
    > On Tuesday 22 May 2007 11:48, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
    > > The check (boot_cpu_data.x86 == 3) in atomic_add_return() and
    > > local_add_return() fails, when those operations are used before
    > > boot_cpu_data is filled in.
    > >
    > > Change the check to (boot_cpu_data.x86 <= 3) to fix this.
    >
    > That's a critical boot fix for 386, right?

    Yup. Hit me with some debug option enabled, but might happen anywhere
    else too.

    tglx


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