Andi Kleen <a...@linux.intel.com> wrote: > > RTM == restricted transactional memory. I don't understand why it's > > "restricted" and why any other architecture else would call it that and > > It's restricted as in there is no guarantee that a transaction ever succeeds > and always needs a fallback path. My understanding is that this is true for > PPC too, but not necessarily zSeries.
Yes, ppc is limited in this way too. We just didn't call it a silly name, although we do have the TEXASR register for TM status to make up for it. :-) Mikey > > > hence why Linux should call it that? > > > > Can we just call it TM for transactional memory? Each arch can then > > have their own implementation and call it what they want. > > I don't think the name will stop them to do anything. > > If people feel strongly about it can change it, but it's not > actually making a real difference. > > -Andi > -- > a...@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
