Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 15:26:24 -0800 (PST)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
To: Joel Schopp <jschopp@austin.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: [patch 00/21] mutex subsystem, -V14
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On Thu, 5 Jan 2006, Joel Schopp wrote:
> 
> Here is a first pass at a powerpc file for the fast paths just as an FYI/RFC.
> It is completely untested, but compiles.

Shouldn't you make that "isync" dependent on SMP too? UP doesn't need it, 
since DMA will never matter, and interrupts are precise.

		Linus
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