On Fri, 20 Apr 2007, Andi Kleen wrote: > > Is the per cpu access fixed on x86? Last I checked it was not atomic. > > With upcomming patches per cpu can be directly referenced using %fs/%gs > Then cpu_local_add() etc will be a single instruction that is atomic > regarding interrupts.
Ahh.. Great! When is that feature going to be available? 2.6.22? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
