On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 04:59:45PM -0600, Peter Bergner wrote:
> > That is the way any HTM code should be written in the first place
> > (except for rollback-only transactions, but let's not go there --
> > besides, it is normal for those to fail as well, and there needs to be a
> > fallback there
On 2/15/22 3:54 PM, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 01:03:09PM -0600, Peter Bergner wrote:
>> The HTM tbegin. instruction can fail intermittently due to many reasons.
>
> Just a few really. But, if the transaction fails it will appear as if
> the tbegin. had an error as well,
Hi!
On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 01:03:09PM -0600, Peter Bergner wrote:
> The HTM tbegin. instruction can fail intermittently due to many reasons.
Just a few really. But, if the transaction fails it will appear as if
the tbegin. had an error as well, is that what you are seeing?
> This can lead to t
The HTM tbegin. instruction can fail intermittently due to many reasons.
This can lead to the htm-1.c testsuite test case FAILing from time to time.
The solution is to allow retrying the instruction a few times before aborting.
Bill has seen this fail a 1-2 times per 1 runs. With the change b
