From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 4 Sep 2001 06:29:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 4 Sep 2001 06:29:19 -0400 Received: from pizda.ninka.net ([216.101.162.242]:60553 "EHLO pizda.ninka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 4 Sep 2001 06:29:10 -0400 Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 03:29:25 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20010904.032925.74563055.davem@redhat.com> To: ak@suse.de Cc: jeffm@suse.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [SOLVED + PATCH]: documented Oops running big-endian reiserfs on parisc architecture From: "David S. Miller" In-Reply-To: <20010904122524.A26403@gruyere.muc.suse.de> In-Reply-To: <20010904.030454.85412225.davem@redhat.com> <20010904122524.A26403@gruyere.muc.suse.de> X-Mailer: Mew version 2.0 on Emacs 21.0 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Andi Kleen Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 12:25:24 +0200 On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 03:04:54AM -0700, David S. Miller wrote: > I can also almost guarentee you that the x86 will sometimes not > execute these bitops atomically on SMP. It's not needed when you have another lock to protect and don't have interrupt threads. I agree completely, so therefore if moving to non-atomic bitops is an option that would be a great way to fix this reiserfs bug. Later, David S. Miller davem@redhat.com