Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: What is a livelock? (was: [patch] sys_sync livelock fix) | | From | Olaf Dietsche <> | | Date | Wed, 13 Feb 2002 17:19:00 +0100 |
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Andrew Morton <akpm@zip.com.au> writes:
> Olaf Dietsche wrote: >> >> I still don't get it :-(. When there is more work, this more work >> needs to be done. So, how could livelock be considered a bug? It's >> just overload. Or is this about the work, which must be done _after_ >> the queue is empty? >> > ... > [good explanation, so even I grasped it :-)]
Thanks to all, who tried hard explaining livelock.
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