Documents Intel’s ‘cmpxchg’ instruction How does the Linux kernel’s ‘cmos_lock’ mechanism work?

Slide 1 Intel’s ‘cmpxchg’ instruction How does the Linux kernel’s ‘cmos_lock’ mechanism work? Slide 2 Review of the i386 registers EAX EBX ECX EDX ESI EDI EBP…

Documents Intel’s ‘cmpxchg’ instruction

Intel’s ‘cmpxchg’ instruction How does the Linux kernel’s ‘cmos_lock’ mechanism work? Review of the i386 registers EAX EBX ECX EDX ESI EDI EBP ESP General Registers…