Re: Erroneous PPC spinlock code - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Reinhard Max
Subject Re: Erroneous PPC spinlock code
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.44.0311060005390.25923-100000@wotan.suse.de
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In response to Re: Erroneous PPC spinlock code  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 at 13:28, Tom Lane wrote:

> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
>
> > The SuSE PPC guru said that the PPC spinlock code we currently use
> > may behave erroneously on multiprocessor systems.
>
> What's his evidence for that claim?

Let's ask himself.

> The code we have is based directly on the recommendations in the PPC
> manuals, and has been tested on multi-CPU systems.

Marcus, can you explain the details, please?


cuReinhard



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