Re: Erroneous PPC spinlock code

Marcus Meissner wrote:
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> On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 12:08:56AM +0100, Reinhard Max wrote:
> > On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 at 13:28, Tom Lane wrote:
> >
> > > Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)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?
>
> I reviewed the documentation again (at:
> http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/esdd/articles/powerpc.html
> ) and it seems to agree with your opinion.
>
> I retract my comment, leave your code as-is.

Cool. Thanks for checking.

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