On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 04:28:02PM +1100, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> Nick Piggin writes:
>
> > xmon uses a bit lock spinlock but doesn't close the critical section
> > when releasing it. It doesn't seem like a big deal because it will
> > eventually break out of the lock anyway, but presumably that's
Nick Piggin writes:
> xmon uses a bit lock spinlock but doesn't close the critical section
> when releasing it. It doesn't seem like a big deal because it will
> eventually break out of the lock anyway, but presumably that's only
> in exceptional cases where some error is tolerated, while the lack
(sorry, untested for lack of hardware)
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xmon uses a bit lock spinlock but doesn't close the critical section
when releasing it. It doesn't seem like a big deal because it will
eventually break out of the lock anyway, but presumably that's only
in exceptional cases where some error is tolerated, w
