Re: [linuxsh-dev] Sync from 2.5.43 / Beating the freeze

[Jeremy S. <js...@mv...>]

NIIBE Yutaka wrote:
> I don't think change of the architecture port will be considered as
> "feature" in feature freeze, provided we don't have changes in generic
> part.
> 
> Anyway, it would be good if we have:
> 	(1) Signal handler bug fix (system call restart)
> 	(2) gUSA
> 	(3) Stuart Menefy's fast memcpy
> 	(4) Stuart Menefy's fast TLB-miss handling
> 
> I've tested (1), (2) in 2.4.18 throughout.  I don't test (3) and (4)
> yet.  SH-3 people should read and check (3) and (4), I think.
> 
> (2) would be "feature", I've done it for MIPS, SH, and ARM.  All works
> well.

Niibe,

Do you know if/when use of gUSA will actually be in glibc?  (I thought 
you'd designed it for the atomic operations in glibc, but is there some 
other code out there that takes advantage of it already?)

Thanks,
   --Jeremy