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    SubjectRe: [kerneloops] regression in 2.6.27 wrt "lock_page" and the "hwclock" program
    On Sun, Oct 05, 2008 at 10:27:42AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
    > On Sun, 5 Oct 2008 08:11:45 -0700 Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> wrote:
    > >
    > > static unsigned long
    > > atomic(const char *name, unsigned long (*op)(unsigned long),
    > > unsigned long arg)
    > > {
    > > unsigned long v;
    > > __asm__ volatile ("cli");
    > > v = (*op)(arg);
    > > __asm__ volatile ("sti");
    > > return v;
    > > }
    > >
    > > looks like it (but only on 32 bit x86, not on 64 bit x86)
    >
    > I suspect this is new in hwclock?

    since util-linux-2.9v, year 1999

    > > (and yes someone really ought to fix hwclock; it's rather broken)
    >
    > well yeah. Recently broken?

    9 years ago

    Karel

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    Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>


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