On Fri, Jul 02, 2021 at 10:52:21AM +0900, Akira Yokosawa wrote:
> Table 17.3 is not available in EBook-size builds.
> For compatibility, remove reference to the combined table in Quick
> Quiz added in commit 279c38a988f9 ("future/htm: Add some HTM
> hardware-reliability anecdotes").
>
> Fixes: 279c38a988f9 ("future/htm: Add some HTM hardware-reliability anecdotes")
> Signed-off-by: Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@xxxxxxxxx>
Good catch, queued and pushed, thank you!
> ---
> Hi Paul,
>
> Current master fails to build "eb".
> I think reference to Table 17.3 is not essential to the Quick Quiz
> and just removed it.
> If you think otherwise, it can be made conditional by \IfEbookSize{}{}.
>
> Thanks, Akira
>
> PS: As for hardware implementation of transactional memory,
> Power ISA v3.1 deprecated it [1].
> It might be worth mentioning it in the Answer to the QQ.
> In the post specter world, it looks like almost impossible for hardware
> designers to come up with a secure implementation of HTM...
>
> [1]: Appendix A of Power ISA v3.1 at
> https://ibm.ent.box.com/s/hhjfw0x0lrbtyzmiaffnbxh2fuo0fog0
Thank you for bringing this to my attention! I have added it in
with your Suggested-by.
Thanx, Paul
> --
> future/htm.tex | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/future/htm.tex b/future/htm.tex
> index abc80daf..3ff9bf24 100644
> --- a/future/htm.tex
> +++ b/future/htm.tex
> @@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ tab:future:Comparison of Locking (Augmented by RCU or Hazard Pointers) and HTM}.
> }
>
> \QuickQuiz{
> - \Cref{tab:future:Comparison of Locking and HTM,tab:future:Comparison of Locking (Plain and Augmented) and HTM,tab:future:Comparison of Locking (Augmented by RCU or Hazard Pointers) and HTM}
> + \Cref{tab:future:Comparison of Locking and HTM,tab:future:Comparison of Locking (Augmented by RCU or Hazard Pointers) and HTM}
> state that hardware is only starting to become available.
> But hasn't HTM hardware support been widely available
> for almost a full decade?
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> 2.17.1
>
