Re: 2.6.0-test3-mm1: scheduling while atomic (ext3?)

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Mon Aug 18 2003 - 07:15:11 EST


Hi!

> > Put the likely(pos) in the asm/prefetch for Athlon until someone can
> > figure out what is going on with some specific Athlons, 2.6 and certain
> > kernels (notably 4G/4G).
>
> <riffles through random config options>
>
> Like this?

> What happens if someone runs a K6 kernel on a K7?

You break things :-(.

Also prefetch with test for null does probably more harm than
good. What about simply assuming K7 can not do prefetch?

Pavel

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