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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/2] enable irqs when waiting for rwlocks
Petr Tesarik wrote:
> Hello,
>
> SGI has observed that on large systems, interrupts are not serviced for
> a long period of time when waiting for a rwlock. The following patch
> series re-enables irqs while waiting for the lock, resembling the code
> which is already there for spinlocks.

Perhaps I'm just out in left field, but that (and the similar behaviour
for obtaining a spinlock?) feels like treating a symptom rather than a
root cause where the root cause would appear to be long lock hold
times/contention?

rick jones


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