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SubjectRe: [PATCH] llist: Fix missing lockless_dereference()
On Sat, Feb 07, 2015 at 10:30:44PM +0000, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 06, 2015 at 09:08:21PM -0500, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> > > A lockless_dereference() appears to be missing in llist_del_first().
> > > It should only matter for Alpha in practice.

What could one anticipate to be the symptoms of such a missing
lockless_dereference()?

The Alpha kernel is behaving pretty well provided one builds a machine
specific kernel and UP. When running an SMP kernel some packages
(most notably the java runtime, but there are a few others) occasionally
lock up in a pthread call --- could be a problem in libc rather then the
kernel.

> > Meta-comment, do we really care about Alpha anymore? Is it still
> > consered an "active" arch we support?

There are a few of us still running recent kernels on Alpha. I am
maintaining the unofficial Debian alpha port at debian-ports, and the
Debian popcon shows about 10 installations of Debian Alpha.

Cheers
Michael.


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