linux-kernel - Re: bit fields && data tearing

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Message-ID: <5409D9C0.7030403@zytor.com>
Date:	Fri, 05 Sep 2014 08:41:52 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Peter Hurley <peter@...leysoftware.com>
CC:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>,
	Jakub Jelinek <jakub@...hat.com>,
	"linux-arch@...r.kernel.org" <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	"linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
	Miroslav Franc <mfranc@...hat.com>,
	Richard Henderson <rth@...ddle.net>,
	linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: bit fields && data tearing

On 09/05/2014 08:31 AM, Peter Hurley wrote:
> 
> Which is a bit ironic because I remember when Digital had a team
> working on emulating native x86 apps on Alpha/NT.
> 

Right, because the x86 architecture was obsolete and would never scale...

	-hpa

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