Date: 05 Sep 2002 17:09:43 +0200 From: Jan Lentfer <Jan.Lentfer@web.de> To: ticso@cicely.de Cc: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: alpha performance on -current Message-ID: <1031238584.2988.14.camel@jan-linux.lan> In-Reply-To: <20020905145156.GB94194@cicely5.cicely.de> References: <15735.27550.588643.958037@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <XFMail.20020905104327.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20020905145156.GB94194@cicely5.cicely.de>
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Am Don, 2002-09-05 um 16.51 schrieb Bernd Walter: > On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 10:43:27AM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > > > > On 05-Sep-2002 Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > > I'm using the appended diff, which I think is what you're suggesting: > > > > I think what he is really suggesting is to remove the mb's from all the > > atomic_foo ops that don't have _acq or _rel in them. The _acq and _rel > > versions should be wrappers that add mb's. > > Exactly. OK, I didn't get anything from the first sentence until now. What the heck are you guys talking about??? I mean it, could someone explain or even better point me to some resources so I can actually understand what you guys mean? This is about kernel design and memory managment, right? Any recommended readings? Thanks a lot in advance, Jan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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