Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:44:37 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] ix86: atomic64 assembly improvements |
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On 01/19/2012 01:18 AM, Jan Beulich wrote: > > But the code is supposed to be correct even when caches are disabled > (in which case LOCK# will continue to be used even on modern CPUs), > and this case clearly isn't covered by the current implementation. It > may be a good idea to adjust the patch description accordingly, but I > see no reason to change the patch itself. >
It doesn't have anything to do with caches on or off.
-hpa
-- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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