Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751896AbYJ0S2t (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:28:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752273AbYJ0S2b (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:28:31 -0400 Received: from outbound-sin.frontbridge.com ([207.46.51.80]:20006 "EHLO SG2EHSOBE004.bigfish.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752159AbYJ0S2a (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:28:30 -0400 X-BigFish: VPS-35(zz62a3L1432R98dR936eQ1805Mzzzzz32i6bh43j62h) X-Spam-TCS-SCL: 1:0 X-WSS-ID: 0K9ETYX-02-7GB-01 Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:27:52 +0100 From: Robert Richter To: Nick Piggin CC: levon@movementarian.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List , Ingo Molnar Subject: Re: [patch] oprofile: fix memory ordering Message-ID: <20081027182752.GF9785@erda.amd.com> References: <20081023142554.GA22805@wotan.suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081023142554.GA22805@wotan.suse.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 27 Oct 2008 18:28:15.0114 (UTC) FILETIME=[C690EEA0:01C93861] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 641 Lines: 21 On 23.10.08 16:25:54, Nick Piggin wrote: > Regular bitops don't work as locks on all architectures. > > Also: can use non-atomic unlock as no concurrent stores to the word. > > Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin I applied your patch to oprofile/oprofile-for-tip. Thanks Nick. -Robert -- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Operating System Research Center email: robert.richter@amd.com -- 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/