Re: [PATCH] i386: rwlock.h fix smp alternatives fix

[Chris Wright]

* Chuck Ebbert (76306.1226@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> In-Reply-To: <200608311011.45844.ak@xxxxxxx>
> 
> On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 10:11:45 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> 
> > Here's the patch as intended for reference :/ Or Chris' incremental
> > is fine.
> > 
> > i386: Remove alternative_smp
> > 
> > The .fill causes miscompilations with some binutils version.
> 
> Has the dust settled enough to prepare a patch for -stable now?

Seems so, although Linus hasn't fixed upstream yet.  The binutils
issues look worrisome enough, miscompilation should certainly be fixed
in -stable.  And we should get both i386 and the x86_64 fix as well.
I'll add those unless Andi objects.

thanks,
-chris
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