| |
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
xen-devel
Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] "lock cmpxch8b" and split locks
|
To: |
"Puthiyaparambil, Aravindh" <aravindh.puthiyaparambil@xxxxxxxxxx> |
|
Subject: |
Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] "lock cmpxch8b" and split locks |
|
From: |
Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx> |
|
Date: |
Wed, 5 Oct 2005 22:46:45 +0100 |
|
Cc: |
xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Koren, Bradley J" <Bradley.Koren@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Subrahmanian, Raj" <raj.subrahmanian@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Vessey, Bruce A" <Bruce.Vessey@xxxxxxxxxx> |
|
Delivery-date: |
Wed, 05 Oct 2005 21:52:50 +0000 |
|
Envelope-to: |
www-data@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
|
In-reply-to: |
<EF8D308BE33AF54D8934DF26520252D302C94F39@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
|
List-help: |
<mailto:xen-devel-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=help> |
|
List-id: |
Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xensource.com> |
|
List-post: |
<mailto:xen-devel@lists.xensource.com> |
|
List-subscribe: |
<http://lists.xensource.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel>, <mailto:xen-devel-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=subscribe> |
|
List-unsubscribe: |
<http://lists.xensource.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel>, <mailto:xen-devel-request@lists.xensource.com?subject=unsubscribe> |
|
References: |
<EF8D308BE33AF54D8934DF26520252D302C94F39@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
|
Sender: |
xen-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
On 5 Oct 2005, at 19:27, Puthiyaparambil, Aravindh wrote:
Does anyone know if there are other places where the "lock" prefix is
used with a cache misaligned address?
x86 systems are supposed to guarantee that LOCKed instructions access
their memory operand atomically, regardless of alignment (Vol 3 of the
Intel reference manual). Your systems break this application-visible
guarantee?
-- Keir
_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel
|
| <Prev in Thread] |
Current Thread |
[Next in Thread>
|
- [Xen-devel] [PATCH] "lock cmpxch8b" and split locks, Puthiyaparambil, Aravindh
- Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] "lock cmpxch8b" and split locks,
Keir Fraser <=
- RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] "lock cmpxch8b" and split locks, Ian Pratt
- RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] "lock cmpxch8b" and split locks, Puthiyaparambil, Aravindh
- RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] "lock cmpxch8b" and split locks, Puthiyaparambil, Aravindh
- RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] "lock cmpxch8b" and split locks, Puthiyaparambil, Aravindh
- RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] "lock cmpxch8b" and split locks, Puthiyaparambil, Aravindh
- RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] "lock cmpxch8b" and split locks, Nakajima, Jun
- RE: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] "lock cmpxch8b" and split locks, Puthiyaparambil, Aravindh
|
|
|
| |
|
Home