Re: test_and_set_bit() not atomic forever? [cli/sti in char/vt.c [patch]]

ralf@uni-koblenz.de
Mon, 1 Jun 1998 03:15:26 +0200


On Sun, May 31, 1998 at 10:31:20PM +0100, Jamie Lokier wrote:

> Perhaps a fixup table to convert all the `lock's to `nop's at
> initialisation time?

That's nonsense as only the SMP kernel uses the lock prefix.

Ralf

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