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Subject: Re: [PATCH] linux-2.5.43_vsyscall_A0
From: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
To: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
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On Fri, 2002-10-18 at 21:45, Andi Kleen wrote:
> For the locked TSC code we will need something like that anyways,
> so that locked TSC can force a syscall.

Andi, 

Can you further explain what this locked TSC issue is that you're
mentioning (this is why vsyscalls are disabled in x86-64, right?). I'm
not sure I'm following you completely. I apologize if I'm just being
daft.

thanks
-john

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