Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264691AbUD1GAy (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Apr 2004 02:00:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264692AbUD1GAy (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Apr 2004 02:00:54 -0400 Received: from mtvcafw.sgi.com ([192.48.171.6]:18456 "EHLO omx3.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264691AbUD1GAw (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Apr 2004 02:00:52 -0400 Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 16:00:03 +1000 From: Nathan Scott To: Marc Giger Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky , Dru , linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com, M?ns Rullg?rd , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: status of Linux on Alpha? Message-ID: <20040428160003.C640934@wobbly.melbourne.sgi.com> References: <20040329205233.5b7905aa@vaio.gigerstyle.ch> <20040404121032.7bb42b35@vaio.gigerstyle.ch> <20040409134534.67805dfd@vaio.gigerstyle.ch> <20040409134828.0e2984e5@vaio.gigerstyle.ch> <20040409230651.A727@den.park.msu.ru> <20040413194907.7ce8ceb7@vaio.gigerstyle.ch> <20040427185124.134073cd@vaio.gigerstyle.ch> <20040427215514.A651@den.park.msu.ru> <20040427200830.3f485a54@vaio.gigerstyle.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20040427200830.3f485a54@vaio.gigerstyle.ch>; from gigerstyle@gmx.ch on Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 08:08:30PM +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 786 Lines: 25 On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 08:08:30PM +0200, Marc Giger wrote: > Hi Ivan, > > Cool! > > I will try your patch after I finished moving to my new flat:-) > > I wonder why it happens only with the XFS code. What I saw > rw_sem is used all over the place in the kernel. We do use the downgrade_write interface in XFS, which has an architecture specific component and a generic component. Its much less widely used than the rest of the rw_semaphore code - that'd be a good spot to look if one architecture is behaving oddly. cheers. -- Nathan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/