Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 20 Dec 2002 13:36:20 -0600 | From | Oliver Xymoron <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.5.52] Use __set_current_state() instead of current-> state = (take 1) |
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On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 03:08:28AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > In addition you have to treat store ordering/locking carefully due to > the pentium pro store fencing errata. (Thats why our < PII kernel > generates lock movb to unlock when in theory the lock isnt needed).
Except the SMP causality test app I wrote got success reports from every PPro stepping level.
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