:I think there is another issue in the loop that tries to clear the
:shared cached bits.
:
:We fail to get the lock if some CPU has its bit set and is owning
:*another* spinlock (or none). It should presumably fail if still
:holding the lock we're trying to get.
Both of your patches look on the money to me.
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
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