Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 18:43:07 +1000 (EST) From: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> To: dfr@FreeBSD.ORG (Doug Rabson) Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern vfs_bio.c vfs_cluster.c src/sys/vm vm_fault.c vm_map.c vm_object.c vm_object.h vm_pageout.c Message-ID: <199808060843.SAA00314@cimlogic.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199808060833.BAA21631@freefall.freebsd.org> from Doug Rabson at "Aug 6, 98 01:33:20 am"
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Doug Rabson wrote: > dfr 1998/08/06 01:33:19 PDT > > Modified files: > sys/kern vfs_bio.c vfs_cluster.c > sys/vm vm_fault.c vm_map.c vm_object.c > vm_object.h vm_pageout.c > Log: > Protect all modifications to paging_in_progress with splvm(). The i386 > managed to avoid corruption of this variable by luck (the compiler used a > memory read-modify-write instruction which wasn't interruptable) but other > architectures cannot. > > With this change, I am now able to 'make buildworld' on the alpha (sfx: the > crowd goes wild...) Support for AXPpci33? -- John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/ CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137
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