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DateSat, 31 May 2003 00:59:09 -0700 (PDT)
SubjectRe: [PATCH RFC] 1/2 central workspace for zlib
From"David S. Miller" <>
   From: Jörn Engel <joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de>
   Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 09:56:15 +0200

   On Fri, 30 May 2003 23:55:05 -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
   > You'll need to disable preemption.
   My gut feeling claims that this would hurt interactivity.

You can't leave the per-cpu workspace in an indeterminate
state, you'll context switch and meanwhile that workspace will
be used by another client or you'll next get scheduled on
a different cpu and use a different workspace.
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