Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 11 Aug 2005 18:14:51 +0100 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [RFC,PATCH] Use RCU to protect tasklist for unicast signals |
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On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 10:11:45AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > Hello! > > This patch is an experiment in use of RCU for individual code paths that > read-acquire the tasklist lock, in this case, unicast signal delivery. > It passes five kernbenches on 4-CPU x86, but obviously needs much more > testing before it is considered for serious use, let alone inclusion.
I think we should switch over tasklist_lock to RCU completely instead of adding suck hacks. I've started lots of preparation work to get rid of tasklist_lock users outside of kernel/, especialy getting rid of any use in modules.
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