Zoltan Menyhart wrote on Friday, March 10, 2006 1:47 AM > > CPU A CPU B | CPU A CPU B | cpu A cpu B > > ----- ----- | ----- ----- | ----- ----- > > change pte | | > > | | > > read pte |read pte |read pte > > insert TLB | change pte |insert > > re-read |insert |re-read > > |re-read | change pte > > |ptc.l > > These scenarii assume that the sequence: > > insert TLB > ;; > re-read > > is executed in the same order for everyone as it is coded. Just for the record, itc has acquire semantics, though this is not immediately relevant in this discussion with respect to external ptc.g. - Ken - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-ia64" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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