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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] time: Add locking to xtime access in get_seconds()
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    On Wed, 2011-05-04 at 09:51 -0700, Max Asbock wrote:
    > On Tue, 2011-05-03 at 20:11 -0700, John Stultz wrote:
    > > From: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
    > >
    > > So get_seconds() has always been lock free, with the assumption
    > > that accessing a long will be atomic.
    > >
    >
    > get_seconds() is used in the x86 machine check handler and there is a
    > comment saying:
    > /* We hope get_seconds stays lockless */
    >
    > This needs to be carefully looked at if locking is introduced to
    > get_seconds().

    Ah. Thanks for pointing this out Max.

    I'll go ahead and use Andi's suggestion of the rmb();

    Patch soon to follow.

    thanks
    -john




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