Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Sep 1998 21:02:58 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: showstopper race condition in sync() ??? [2.1.119|120] |
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Hi!
> >> >What would be the consequence of putting a big spinlock around the whole > >> >sync_dquots routine ? We would be unable to sync() the quota on two > >> > >> If you have a K6 as you said putting a spinlock can' t help you to avoid > >> the dquota deadlock. > > > >Ugh. Pardon my ignorance, but what does have CPU type to do with > >generic code, such as spinlocks() and quotas? > > I thought that K6s don' t support SMP and so spinlocks can' t help to fix > _his_ problem on _his_ machine.
Aha, you are of course right, I just did not realize connections between k6's and no SMP.
Sorry.
Pavel
-- I'm really pavel@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz. Pavel Look at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/ ;-).
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