On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, David S. Miller wrote:
> It's safe because of how x86s hardware works
>
> What about other platforms?
If atomic ops don't work, then software dirty bits are still an option
(read as: it shouldn't break RISC CPUs).
-ben
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