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Re:Investigating Split Locks on x86-64 by trebligdivad on Saturday April 11, 2026 @08:10AM (#47729889)
I suspect it's the risk of deadlocks and perhaps they have no easy way to avoid it.
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Re:Investigating Split Locks on x86-64 by zeusk on Saturday April 11, 2026 @11:21AM (#47731369)
ordering lock acquisition is a tested strategy to avoid deadlocks; so locking the cache lines sorted by PA would cover that?
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