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author | Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca> | 2008-08-15 12:45:09 -0400 |
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committer | H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> | 2008-08-15 12:49:45 -0700 |
commit | 1f49a2c2aeb22d5abc6d4ea574ff63d37ca55fbe (patch) | |
tree | d559e223017b1c39ccaea3056ae3af0e62635509 /Documentation | |
parent | f88f07e0f0fd6376e081b10930d272a08fbf082f (diff) |
x86: revert replace LOCK_PREFIX in futex.h
Since we now use DS prefixes instead of NOP to remove LOCK prefixes,
there are no longer any issues with instruction boundaries moving around.
Depends on :
x86 alternatives : fix LOCK_PREFIX race with preemptible kernel and CPU hotplug
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
>
> Changing the 0x90 (single-byte nop) currently used into a 0x3E DS segment
> override prefix should fix this issue. Since the default of the atomic
> instructions is to use the DS segment anyway, it should not affect the
> behavior.
Ok, so I think this is an _excellent_ patch, but I'd like to also then use
LOCK_PREFIX in include/asm-x86/futex.h.
See commit 9d55b9923a1b7ea8193b8875c57ec940dc2ff027.
Linus
Applies to 2.6.27-rc2 (and -rc3 unless hell broke loose in futex.h between rc2
and rc3).
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