From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 24 13:58:34 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DE88106564A; Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:58:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie) Received: from salmon.maths.tcd.ie (salmon.maths.tcd.ie [IPv6:2001:770:10:300::86e2:510b]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 47AB58FC0C; Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:58:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from walton.maths.tcd.ie ([134.226.81.10] helo=walton.maths.tcd.ie) by salmon.maths.tcd.ie with SMTP id ; 24 Mar 2011 13:58:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=maths.tcd.ie) by walton.maths.tcd.ie with SMTP id ; 24 Mar 2011 13:58:31 +0000 (GMT) To: Bruce Evans In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 22 Mar 2011 05:49:49 +1100." <20110322054501.J3574@besplex.bde.org> X-Request-Do: Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:58:30 +0000 From: David Malone Message-ID: <201103241358.aa30354@walton.maths.tcd.ie> Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, John Baldwin , Jung-uk Kim Subject: Re: svn commit: r219676 - head/sys/x86/x86 X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:58:34 -0000 > No new ones. Just the old ones of updating the frequency and all related > variables without races. Is something simple, line an atomic write, an option for this? I guess we don't have 64-bit atomic writes on all platforms, but we could support it on some platforms. David.