Re: test_and_set_bit() not atomic forever? [cli/sti in char/vt.c [patch]]

Michael L. Galbraith (mikeg@weiden.de)
Mon, 1 Jun 1998 11:04:18 +0200 (MET DST)

On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Philip Blundell wrote:

> >The point was that lots of people are running SMP kernels on UP machines,
> >where it's gratuitous overhead.
>
> Then they shouldn't do that.
>
> p.
>

Unless they're testing?

-Mike

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