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SubjectRe: possible spinlock optimizations
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.

- Chuck Lever
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