Re: start_kernel(): bug: interrupts were enabled early

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 03/31/2010 03:26 PM, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> Not by adding overhead to every single down_read()/down_write() just to
> fix a once-off startup problem - that's taking laziness way too far.
> 

How much overhead is this on non-x86 architectures (keep in mind x86
doesn't use this?)

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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