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From: Oliver Xymoron <oxymoron@waste.org>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.5.52] Use __set_current_state() instead of current-> state = (take 1)
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On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 03:08:28AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> In addition you have to treat store ordering/locking carefully due to
> the pentium pro store fencing errata. (Thats why our < PII kernel
> generates lock movb to unlock when in theory the lock isnt needed).

Except the SMP causality test app I wrote got success reports from every
PPro stepping level.

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