Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 12 Oct 2000 00:37:29 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Benjamin C.R. LaHaise" <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] atomic pte updates for x86 smp |
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On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, David S. Miller wrote:
> It's safe because of how x86s hardware works > > What about other platforms?
If atomic ops don't work, then software dirty bits are still an option (read as: it shouldn't break RISC CPUs).
-ben
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