Re: Erroneous PPC spinlock code

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Reinhard Max <max(at)suse(dot)de>
Subject: Re: Erroneous PPC spinlock code
Date: 2003-11-05 18:28:43
Message-ID: 3701.1068056923@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> The SuSE PPC guru said that the PPC spinlock code we currently use may
> behave erroneously on multiprocessor systems.

What's his evidence for that claim? The code we have is based directly
on the recommendations in the PPC manuals, and has been tested on
multi-CPU systems.

regards, tom lane

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