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Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 13:26:38 +0200
From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@linuxpower.ca>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH][2.6] Allow x86_64 to reenable interrupts on contention
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On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 05:29:10 -0400 (EDT)
Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@linuxpower.ca> wrote:

> This is a follow up to the previous patches for ia64 and i386, it will
> allow x86_64 to reenable interrupts during contested locks depending on
> previous interrupt enable status. It has been runtime and compile tested
> on UP and 2x SMP Linux-tiny/x86_64.

This will likely increase code size. Do you have numbers by how much? And is it 
really worth it?

-Andi