Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 1 Jun 1997 10:16:12 -0700 | From | "Leonard N. Zubkoff" <> | Subject | Re: pre-patch-2.0.31 try_to_free_page() messages |
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From: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox) Date: Sun, 1 Jun 1997 15:47:49 +0100 (BST)
> Is SMP supposed to be stable now?
SMP should be the same from 2.0.18 upwards. The performance issues under heavy I/O load (losing serial chars, slipping clock) aren not going to change in the 2.0.x series. I do intend to put Leonards memory handling tweaks into the code however.
I assume you're referring to my SMP deadlock patch?
My 2.0.30 SMP deadlock patch has solved the problem 100% for my systems but some other people still reported problems. However, despite Ingo's posting a clever new deadlock detection patch, no one has reported tracking down any of the remaining deadlocks.
If we ever expect to find any deadlocks that remain, people who actually run into them are going to have to assist in tracking them down, or provide reproducible test cases so others can.
Leonard
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