On Tue, Sep 12, 2000 at 11:37:46AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> That code example can in theory deadlock without any patches if the CPU's
> end up locked in sync with each other and the same one always wins the test.
> It isnt likely on current x86 but other processors are a different story
If seen systems (not processors!) that can detect such a case let one
process randomly win over the others.
Ralf
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