Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 21 Apr 2003 15:25:39 +0200 | From | Manfred Spraul <> | Subject | Q: nr_threads locking |
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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
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