Re: [PATCH] x86: fix locking and sync bugs in x86_64 RTC code in time_64.c

2007-11-14 Thread David P. Reed
Cool. More reason to separate this into two. Matt Mackall wrote: On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 08:10:22AM -0500, David P. Reed wrote: Will make two patches and resend. I've already got a set of patches brewing to fix the UIP problem across all the affected arches (11+). - To

Re: [PATCH] x86: fix locking and sync bugs in x86_64 RTC code in time_64.c

2007-11-14 Thread Matt Mackall
On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 08:10:22AM -0500, David P. Reed wrote: > Will make two patches and resend. I've already got a set of patches brewing to fix the UIP problem across all the affected arches (11+). -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time. - To unsubscribe from this list: send

Re: [PATCH] x86: fix locking and sync bugs in x86_64 RTC code in time_64.c

2007-11-14 Thread David P. Reed
Will make two patches and resend. Thomas Gleixner wrote: David, On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, David P. Reed wrote: From: David P. Reed Fix two bugs in arch/x86/kernel/time_64.c that affect the x86_64 kernel. 1) a repeatable hard freeze due to interrupts when the ntpd service calls

Re: [PATCH] x86: fix locking and sync bugs in x86_64 RTC code in time_64.c

2007-11-14 Thread David P. Reed
Will make two patches and resend. Thomas Gleixner wrote: David, On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, David P. Reed wrote: From: David P. Reed Fix two bugs in arch/x86/kernel/time_64.c that affect the x86_64 kernel. 1) a repeatable hard freeze due to interrupts when the ntpd service calls

Re: [PATCH] x86: fix locking and sync bugs in x86_64 RTC code in time_64.c

2007-11-14 Thread Matt Mackall
On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 08:10:22AM -0500, David P. Reed wrote: Will make two patches and resend. I've already got a set of patches brewing to fix the UIP problem across all the affected arches (11+). -- Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the

Re: [PATCH] x86: fix locking and sync bugs in x86_64 RTC code in time_64.c

2007-11-14 Thread David P. Reed
Cool. More reason to separate this into two. Matt Mackall wrote: On Wed, Nov 14, 2007 at 08:10:22AM -0500, David P. Reed wrote: Will make two patches and resend. I've already got a set of patches brewing to fix the UIP problem across all the affected arches (11+). - To

Re: [PATCH] x86: fix locking and sync bugs in x86_64 RTC code in time_64.c

2007-11-13 Thread Thomas Gleixner
David, On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, David P. Reed wrote: > From: David P. Reed > > Fix two bugs in arch/x86/kernel/time_64.c that affect the x86_64 kernel. 1) a > repeatable hard freeze due to interrupts when the ntpd service calls > update_persistent_clock(), 2) potentially unstable PC RTC timer

Re: [PATCH] x86: fix locking and sync bugs in x86_64 RTC code in time_64.c

2007-11-13 Thread Thomas Gleixner
David, On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, David P. Reed wrote: From: David P. Reed Fix two bugs in arch/x86/kernel/time_64.c that affect the x86_64 kernel. 1) a repeatable hard freeze due to interrupts when the ntpd service calls update_persistent_clock(), 2) potentially unstable PC RTC timer values

[PATCH] x86: fix locking and sync bugs in x86_64 RTC code in time_64.c

2007-11-12 Thread David P. Reed
From: David P. Reed Fix two bugs in arch/x86/kernel/time_64.c that affect the x86_64 kernel. 1) a repeatable hard freeze due to interrupts when the ntpd service calls update_persistent_clock(), 2) potentially unstable PC RTC timer values when timer is read. Signed-off-by: David P. Reed

[PATCH] x86: fix locking and sync bugs in x86_64 RTC code in time_64.c

2007-11-12 Thread David P. Reed
From: David P. Reed Fix two bugs in arch/x86/kernel/time_64.c that affect the x86_64 kernel. 1) a repeatable hard freeze due to interrupts when the ntpd service calls update_persistent_clock(), 2) potentially unstable PC RTC timer values when timer is read. Signed-off-by: David P. Reed