Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 31 May 2003 08:48:51 +0200 | From | Jörn Engel <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH RFC] 1/2 central workspace for zlib |
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On Fri, 30 May 2003 17:14:10 -0700, David S. Miller wrote: > > Actually, your idea is interesting. Are you going to use > per-cpu workspaces?
Yes, I already am.
> I think the best scheme is 2 per-cpu workspaces, one for > normal and one for softirq context.
Agreed. Current patch doesn't cover softirq context yet.
> No locking needed whatsoever. I hope it can work :-)
How about preemption? zlib operations take their time, so at least on up, it makes sense to preempt them, when not in softirq context. Can this still be done lockless?
Jörn
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