Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 28 Apr 2004 16:00:03 +1000 | From | Nathan Scott <> | Subject | Re: status of Linux on Alpha? |
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On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 08:08:30PM +0200, Marc Giger wrote: > Hi Ivan, > > Cool! > > I will try your patch after I finished moving to my new flat:-) > > I wonder why it happens only with the XFS code. What I saw > rw_sem is used all over the place in the kernel.
We do use the downgrade_write interface in XFS, which has an architecture specific component and a generic component. Its much less widely used than the rest of the rw_semaphore code - that'd be a good spot to look if one architecture is behaving oddly.
cheers.
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