linux-kernel - Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86: Add memory modify constraints to xchg() and cmpxchg()

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Date:	Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:33:41 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Peter Palfrader <peter@...frader.org>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>, mingo@...hat.com,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, glommer@...hat.com,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, zamsden@...hat.com, stable@...nel.org,
	mtosatti@...hat.com, gregkh@...e.de, tglx@...utronix.de,
	avi@...hat.com, linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86: Add memory modify constraints to xchg()
 and cmpxchg()

On Tue, Aug 03, 2010 at 02:43:51PM +0200, Peter Palfrader wrote:
> On Mon, 02 Aug 2010, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> 
> >> Commit-ID:  113fc5a6e8c2288619ff7e8187a6f556b7e0d372
> >> Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/113fc5a6e8c2288619ff7e8187a6f556b7e0d372
> >> Author:     H. Peter Anvin<hpa@...or.com>
> >> AuthorDate: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:01:49 -0700
> >> Committer:  H. Peter Anvin<hpa@...or.com>
> >> CommitDate: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:14:02 -0700
> >>
> >> x86: Add memory modify constraints to xchg() and cmpxchg()
> >
> > Here's the 2.6.32 version for stable.
> 
> Thanks a lot everyone.  This patch resolves the issue for me on top
> of 2.6.32.17.
> 
> (I had some whitespace issue with applying the patch, so I've attached
> the cleaned up version in case it wasn't just me.)

Thanks, I needed this version, it wasn't just you :)

greg k-h
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