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Date:      Tue, 23 Nov 1999 22:01:28 +0800
From:      Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
To:        Tommy Hallgren <thallgren@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-smp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Matt's new unlock optimiazation 
Message-ID:  <19991123140128.3A7D41C6D@overcee.netplex.com.au>
In-Reply-To: Message from Tommy Hallgren <thallgren@yahoo.com>  of "Tue, 23 Nov 1999 05:40:10 PST." <19991123134010.5851.rocketmail@web113.yahoomail.com> 

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Tommy Hallgren wrote:
> Hi subscribers!
> 
> FYI, this popped up in the linux-kern mailing-list:
> http://boudicca.tux.org/hypermail/linux-kernel/this-week/0060.html
> 
> The entire thread is here:
> http://boudicca.tux.org/hypermail/linux-kernel/this-week/subject.html#start
> 
> The subject is: spin_unlock optimization(i386)

A bit worrying, to say the least, especially coming from Linus (even moreso
in light of his work at transmeta and what they're doing with/to Intel cpu's).

Cheers,
-Peter




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