Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:25:04 -0700 (PDT) | From | Christoph Lameter <> | Subject | Re: [patch 0/6] Per cpu structures for SLUB |
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On Thu, 23 Aug 2007, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> while I like this patch set I'm at odds with the interaction of this and > making the alloc/free fast paths lockless. > > The main race is s->cpu_slab[] and c->freelist. How does one close that > gap?
By either reloading the cpu slab after disabling interupts (my initial approach) or by disabling preemption.
> (btw, have you looked at my -rt slub patch?)
I skimmed over it. Not sure what to make of it.
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