Re: [HACKERS] Spinlocks may be broken.

2000-12-05 Thread Alfred Perlstein
* Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001205 07:24] wrote: > Alfred Perlstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I'm pretty sure you guys need memory barrier ops. > > On a machine that requires such a thing, the assembly code for UNLOCK > should include it. Want to provide a patch? My assembler is extre

Re: [HACKERS] Spinlocks may be broken.

2000-12-05 Thread Tom Lane
Alfred Perlstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm pretty sure you guys need memory barrier ops. On a machine that requires such a thing, the assembly code for UNLOCK should include it. Want to provide a patch? regards, tom lane