Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2003 18:55:43 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Weird vmstat -s stats Message-ID: <3F07576F.4030105@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <200307060029.00866.me@farid-hajji.de> References: <200307051728.24681.me@farid-hajji.de> <44brw8g26e.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <200307060029.00866.me@farid-hajji.de>
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Farid Hajji wrote: [ ... ] > Shouldn't such counters be at least 64 bit wide? You betcha. :-) The problem is that a 32-bit CPU, like the Intel x86 family, can't increment a 64-bit counter atomicly. -- -Chuck
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