Messages in this thread | | | From | "Albert D. Cahalan" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] mm->rss is modified without page_table_lock held | Date | Sat, 9 Dec 2000 17:38:59 -0500 (EST) |
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> 32-bit Sparc has unsigned long as 32-bit, and the top 8 bits of the > atomic_t are used for a spinlock, thus a 27-bit atomic_t, there > is not enough precision.
So the SPARC port is broken. It is just sick to have this "feature" screw things up for all the ports with a proper atomic_t.
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