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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2 of 4] Introduce i386 fibril scheduling
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From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 13:28:34 -0800 (PST)

> Yeah, in 1% of all cases it will block, and you'll want to wait for them.
> Maybe the kevent queue works then, but if it needs any more setup than the
> nonblocking case, that's a big no.

So the idea is to just run it to completion if it won't block and use
a fibril if it would?

kevent could support something like that too.
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