Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 28 Sep 1999 16:44:32 -0400 (EDT) | From | Chuck Lever <> | Subject | Re: possible spinlock optimizations |
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On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Ingo Molnar wrote: > (unless i'm grossly misunderstanding Chuck) he is (correctly) suggesting > that the sti-change would make the kernel more debuggable, because 'hard > lockup' spinlock deadlocks would become at least Sysrq-debuggable. [Chuck > please correct me if i'm misinterpreting you]
yes, that's what i meant. i'll be very happy to see the NMI watchdog in action.
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