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Re: fealnx oopses

To: Denis Vlasenko <vda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: fealnx oopses
From: Francois Romieu <romieu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 01:30:07 +0100
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>, Andreas Henriksson <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
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Denis Vlasenko <vda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> :
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> Not exactly. CPU does not atomically increment memory.
> I am saying that x86 CPU can't be interrupted in the middle
> of read-modify-write operation, like

Yep, that's exactly what I tought was not possible. Complete brain outage.

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