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Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing...

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On 3/23/2017 4:19 PM, Tim Wescott wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Mar 2017 18:38:13 -0400, rickman wrote:
>
>> I recall a discussion about the design of an instruction set
>> architecture where someone was saying an instruction was required to
>> test and set a bit or word as an atomic operation if it was desired to
>> support multiple processors.  Is this really true?  Is this a function
>> that can't be emulated with other operations including the disabling of
>> interrupts?
>
> AFAIK as long as you surround your "test and set" with an interrupt
> disable and an interrupt enable then you're OK.  At least, you're OK
> unless you have a processor that treats interrupts really strangely.

Rethink that for the case of SMP...  (coincidentally, "Support Multiple
Processors"  :> )

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Speaking of Multiprocessing... rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-23 18:38 -0400
  Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> - 2017-03-23 18:19 -0500
    Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-23 16:26 -0700
      Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> - 2017-03-23 18:47 -0500
        Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-23 17:49 -0700
          Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... upsidedown@downunder.com - 2017-03-24 09:48 +0200
            Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-03-24 01:22 -0700
        Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2017-03-24 21:04 +1100
          Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-03-24 22:01 -0500
            Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2017-03-25 18:49 +1100
    Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2017-03-24 14:36 +0000
  Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-03-23 22:43 -0500
    Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-24 01:05 -0400
      Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-03-24 00:37 -0500
        Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-24 01:58 -0400
          Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-03-24 02:07 -0500
            Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-24 13:36 -0400
              Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-03-24 19:06 +0100
                Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-24 14:12 -0400
                Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-03-25 01:48 +0100
                Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-24 22:10 -0400
                Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-03-25 15:25 +0100
                Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-25 15:27 -0400
                Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... upsidedown@downunder.com - 2017-03-25 22:43 +0200
                Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-25 17:06 -0400
                Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-03-26 17:28 +0200
                Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-26 13:27 -0400
              Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com> - 2017-03-25 00:42 +0200
                Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-03-24 19:22 -0400
                Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... Rob Gaddi <rgaddi@highlandtechnology.invalid> - 2017-03-24 16:33 -0700
                Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-03-24 22:47 -0500
                Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com> - 2017-03-25 12:40 +0200
                Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-03-26 00:42 -0500
  Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-03-24 09:17 +0100
    Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-03-24 09:28 +0000
      Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-03-24 11:19 +0100
        Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-03-24 11:06 +0000
          Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-03-24 12:21 +0100
        Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-03-24 16:09 +0000
          Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2017-03-24 17:33 +0100
            Re: Speaking of Multiprocessing... Tom Gardner <spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2017-03-24 17:52 +0000

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