Re: [PATCH] migration_init() synchronization fixes

Patricia Gaughen (gone@us.ibm.com)
Thu, 18 Apr 2002 16:15:27 -0700

> This patch has helped me and some others having migration_init() troubles.
> The migration_mask's semantics are altered for use as a lock word, and
> some of its other functionality is deferred to a new counter and struct
> completion to provide protection against pathological cases encountered
> in practice.

Without this patch the 16 proc NUMA-Q box won't boot on 2.5.7/2.5.8. With the
patch the system boots. yeah!!!! :-)

Thanks,
Pat

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Patricia Gaughen (gone@us.ibm.com)
IBM Linux Technology Center
http://www.ibm.com/linux/ltc/




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