On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Michael Blizek > I think it is atomic as long as only one CPU accesses it. But The problem is > that on systems with more than one CPU you do not know that happens. There is > a "lock prefix" which makes some (all???) instructions atomic. > -Michi Thanks...yes I forgot that...sorry. Always brought UP in my point of view... regards, Mulyadi. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
