linux-kernel - Re: [RFC -v9 1/4] Add Kconfig option ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE

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Message-Id: <20101223.093544.71126698.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 23 Dec 2010 09:35:44 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
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Subject: Re: [RFC -v9 1/4] Add Kconfig option ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG

From: Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 13:43:20 +0800

> --- a/arch/sparc/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
> @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ config SPARC
>  	select RTC_CLASS
>  	select RTC_DRV_M48T59
>  	select HAVE_IRQ_WORK
> +	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
>  	select HAVE_DMA_ATTRS
>  	select HAVE_DMA_API_DEBUG
>  	select HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL

This should only be set for "SPARC64".  SPARC32's cmpxchg uses spinlocks and
IRQ disabling, which is not NMI safe.

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