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Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 18:13:38 -0700
From: yodaiken@fsmlabs.com
To: Daniel Phillips <phillips@bonn-fries.net>
Cc: yodaiken@fsmlabs.com, Robert Love <rml@tech9.net>,
        Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@csd.uu.se>,
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Subject: Re: 2.4.18 Preempt Freezeups
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On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 01:33:04AM +0100, Daniel Phillips wrote:
> On March 16, 2002 01:40 am, yodaiken@fsmlabs.com wrote:
> > 
> > Without preempt:
> > 	x = movefrom processor register;
		// if preemption is on, we can be preempted and restart
		// on another processor so x will be wrong
> >         do_something with x
> > 
> > is safe in SMP
> > With [preempt] it requires a lock.
> 
> It must be a trick question.  Why would it?

See comment.

> 
> -- 
> Daniel

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