linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2/2] x86 amd fix cmpxchg read acquire barrier

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Date:	Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:26:36 -0400
From:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mark.langsdorf@....com,
	arekm@...en.pl, "H.  Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 2/2] x86 amd fix cmpxchg read acquire barrier

* Alan Cox (alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk) wrote:
> > Good point. I should probably configure this as "nothing" unless
> > 
> > #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> > #if (defined(CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU) || defined(CONFIG_MK8))
> > ...
> > #endif
> > #endif
> 
> Is the erratum only present in 64bit mode ?
> 

Hrm, from the info I gathered in the web pages linked in the patch
header (refering to Google and Solaris), nothing said it was limited to
64bit mode. You are right.

> Really this needs someone with knowledge of the erratum to characterise
> it accurately and the workarounds.

Yep, but all I can hear from AMD so far is... *crickets*

The last revision of their errata I can find has been updated in
February 2008, and does not talk about this issue.

http://support.amd.com/us/Processor_TechDocs/25759.pdf

Thanks,

Mathieu

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