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SubjectRe: showstopper race condition in sync() ??? [2.1.119|120]
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

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Look at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/ ;-).

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