lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2003]   [Apr]   [21]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectQ: nr_threads locking
Hi Andrew,

According to the comments, nr_threads is protected by lock_kernel, but
do_fork() runs without the bkl for ages.
Would it be possible to use your percpu_counters for nr_threads? It
seems to be used only to guard against fork bombs and for i_nlink of /proc.

--
Manfred

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 13:34    [W:0.030 / U:0.140 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site