Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 7 Aug 2003 01:06:08 -0400 (EDT) | From | Zwane Mwaikambo <> | Subject | Re: [RFC][PATCH] linux-2.6.0-test2_mtrr-race-fix_A0 |
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On Wed, 6 Aug 2003, john stultz wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 11:31, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote: > > The intel manual (10-36 Memory Cache Control - vol3) actually recommends > > the following procedure I was a bit anal about explicitely setting and > > clearing flags and used the specific TLB flush via cr3->reg->cr3. John > > could you give this a spin on your afflicted systems? > > I'm not quite sure I follow. Really I've never looked at the mtrr code > before, so forgive my daftness. I just found a deadlock that was > locking my box caused by the synchronization between ipi_handler() and > set_mtrr() (which Mark's patch seems to properly fix). > > How does this change affect the deadlock? Is this just a separate issue? > thanks
Mostly seperate issue, but seeing as we where there, there is a slight deviation from recommended procedure. Sorry about that, you may ignore it.
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