Re: [PATCH] disable interrupt for non-LLSC atomic set

["Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl>]

On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Jun Sun wrote:

> >  No need to -- no sane interrupt handler will ever access a user's atomic
> > variable. 
> 
> OK, I have to reveal the secret desire :-).  I have a patch
> that makes MIPS kernel preemptible, and that unprotected operation
> becomes very volunerable with the preemptible patch.

 I see.  But why not to keep the MIPS_ATOMIC update together with the
patch then?  It doesn't look like such a patch is going into the official
kernel anytime soon.

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