Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:28:24 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/include atomic.h Message-ID: <XFMail.010115112824.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200101140955.f0E9tL235509@freefall.freebsd.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 14-Jan-01 John Baldwin wrote: > jhb 2001/01/14 01:55:21 PST > > Modified files: > sys/i386/include atomic.h > Log: > Fix the atomic_load_acq() and atomic_store_rel() functions to properly > implement memory fences for the 486+. The 386 still uses versions w/o > memory fences as all operations on the 386 are not program ordered. > The 386 versions are not MP safe. This has really helped my SMP stability here locally. The quad xeon has now built 4 releases back to back w/o any problems. It never made it through 2 without locking up before. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?XFMail.010115112824.jhb>