Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: APIC: Remove apic_write_around(); use alternatives
From: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>
To: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
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On Fri, 2008-07-18 at 15:49 -0700, Suresh Siddha wrote:

> > Thank you for cleaning this up Yinghai, but this really begs the
> > question - is having write_atomic REALLY worthwhile?
> 
> And this thread is about,  Maciej's cleanup patch which removed
> write_atomic completely :)
> 
> Thanks to Maciej who posted this fix. It was on my todo list for
> sometime now!

Awesome!  I just felt the need to use 'flaming crap' in a sentence
today, and broken APICs seemed like an easy target.  Glad to know it's
gone.

Zach

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