Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 09:45:35 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au> Cc: Doug Rabson <dfr@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern vfs_bio.c vfs_cluster.c src/sys/vm vm_fault.c vm_map.c vm_object.c vm_object.h vm_pageout.c Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.01.9808060944540.27318-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <199808060843.SAA00314@cimlogic.com.au>
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On Thu, 6 Aug 1998, John Birrell wrote: > Doug Rabson wrote: > > dfr 1998/08/06 01:33:19 PDT > > > > Modified files: > > sys/kern vfs_bio.c vfs_cluster.c > > sys/vm vm_fault.c vm_map.c vm_object.c > > vm_object.h vm_pageout.c > > Log: > > Protect all modifications to paging_in_progress with splvm(). The i386 > > managed to avoid corruption of this variable by luck (the compiler used a > > memory read-modify-write instruction which wasn't interruptable) but other > > architectures cannot. > > > > With this change, I am now able to 'make buildworld' on the alpha (sfx: the > > crowd goes wild...) > > Support for AXPpci33? I'm still waiting for my hardware :-(. I spoke to them again yesterday so maybe next week... -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 951 1891 Fax: +44 181 381 1039
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