Bug 725538 - RHEL 6 is missing upstream backport to remove prefetch instructions.
Summary: RHEL 6 is missing upstream backport to remove prefetch instructions.
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 6.2
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Larry Woodman
QA Contact: Red Hat Kernel QE team
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-07-25 19:31 UTC by Larry Woodman
Modified: 2011-12-06 13:54 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: kernel-2.6.32-176.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2011-12-06 13:54:25 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2011:1530 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kernel security, bug fix and enhancement update 2011-12-06 01:45:35 UTC

Description Larry Woodman 2011-07-25 19:31:06 UTC 
Description of problem:

RHEL6.1 is missing upstream backport to remove prefetch instructions from list macros.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:

Every time list macro executes it includes a prefetch


Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual results:

Prefrech slows down kernel by up to 1%

Expected results:

No slowdown.

Additional info:
Comment 4 Aristeu Rozanski 2011-08-02 13:58:33 UTC 
Patch(es) available on kernel-2.6.32-176.el6
Comment 6 RHEL Program Management 2011-08-17 09:05:22 UTC 
Quality Engineering Management has reviewed and declined this request.  You may
appeal this decision by reopening this request.
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2011-12-06 13:54:25 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1530.html
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