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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] ix86: atomic64 assembly improvements
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

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.



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