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Date:      Wed, 12 May 2004 16:28:27 -0700
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>
To:        Arun Sharma <arun.sharma@intel.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: invala
Message-ID:  <20040512232827.GB45389@ns1.xcllnt.net>
In-Reply-To: <40A2A0A2.8040004@intel.com>
References:  <40A2A0A2.8040004@intel.com>

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On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 03:09:38PM -0700, Arun Sharma wrote:
> 
> I noticed that the code in exception.S:TRAP() doesn't invalidate the ALAT 
> on a register backing store switch. This could be a problem if the kernel 
> starts using data speculation (say by using a different compiler). However, 
> restorectx is doing the right thing by using invala.

Why would this be a problem?

-- 
 Marcel Moolenaar	  USPA: A-39004		 marcel@xcllnt.net



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