On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 09:27:01PM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 04:18:27PM -0500, Chapman Flack wrote:
> > Is there any port where the simple read or simple write
> > of a single pointer is nonatomic?
> 
> i386 when the data is misaligned and crosses a page boundary and the
> second read faults.
> 

Wouldn't failed instruction be repeated after page fault resolved?

-Andrey