From owner-cvs-all Mon Aug 7 17:13:51 2000 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (adsl-63-206-89-56.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.206.89.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE88F37B819; Mon, 7 Aug 2000 17:13:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com) Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.osd.bsdi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA07480; Mon, 7 Aug 2000 17:24:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com) Message-Id: <200008080024.RAA07480@mass.osd.bsdi.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: Greg Lehey Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 mpboot.s In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 08 Aug 2000 09:33:07 +0930." <20000808093307.D65739@wantadilla.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 17:24:54 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > On Sunday, 6 August 2000 at 19:28:37 -0700, Tor Egge wrote: > > tegge 2000/08/06 19:28:37 PDT > > > > Modified files: > > sys/i386/i386 mpboot.s > > Log: > > Add workaround for livelock problem when starting APs. > > > > With more than 1 AP present, an AP could fail to properly release > > the mp lock before waiting for smp_started to become nonzero. > > > > With early startup of APs, the BSP could fail to properly release > > the mp lock before waiting for smp_started to become nonzero. > > This is the third SMP commit I've seen from you in the last few days. > Are you aware that we're currently completely overhauling this code? > It would probably be more efficient if you joined the overhaul effort. The APIC code at this level is not being 'overhauled' right now, actually. -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message