linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/4] x86: FIFO ticket spinlocks

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 7 Nov 2007 09:46:23 +0100
From:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Gregory Haskins <gregory.haskins.ml@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [patch 1/4] x86: FIFO ticket spinlocks

On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 04:33:32PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de> wrote:
> 
> > Anyway, if this can make its way to the x86 tree, I think it will get 
> > pulled into -mm (?) and get some exposure...
> 
> ok, we can certainly try it there.

Anything particular I have to do to get it into the x86 tree? And
presumably that tree is going to be picked up by Andrew at some
point? (-mm exposure is the main objective here, the only reason I
didn't send it to Andrew directly is in the interests of doing the
right thing).

> Your code is really nifty.

Thanks. One of the CPU engineers at Intel asked to use it as their reference
ticket lock code sequence, which was pretty cool :)
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/