Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261380AbUKAFtm (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Nov 2004 00:49:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261382AbUKAFta (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Nov 2004 00:49:30 -0500 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:47003 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261380AbUKAFt0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Nov 2004 00:49:26 -0500 Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 21:49:11 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds To: linux-os@analogic.com cc: Andreas Steinmetz , Kernel Mailing List , Richard Henderson , Andi Kleen , Andrew Morton , Jan Hubicka Subject: Re: Semaphore assembly-code bug In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <417550FB.8020404@drdos.com> <1098218286.8675.82.camel@mentorng.gurulabs.com> <41757478.4090402@drdos.com> <20041020034524.GD10638@michonline.com> <1098245904.23628.84.camel@krustophenia.net> <1098247307.23628.91.camel@krustophenia.net> <41826A7E.6020801@domdv.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 664 Lines: 20 On Sun, 31 Oct 2004, linux-os wrote: > > The attached file shows that the Intel Pentium 4 runs exactly as I > described. Further, there is no difference in the CPU clocks used when > adding a constant to the stack- pointer or using LEA. Goodie. You found _one_ CPU that you think matters. On ethat doesn't even have the hardware that I've described. And you ignore all the other evidence. Good for you. Linus - 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/