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SubjectRe: status of Linux on Alpha?
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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Nathan
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