Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 9 Mar 2016 12:40:51 +0100 | From | Szabolcs Nagy <> | Subject | Re: [musl] Re: [RFC PATCH] x86/vdso/32: Add AT_SYSINFO cancellation helpers |
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* Szabolcs Nagy <nsz@port70.net> [2016-03-09 12:34:50 +0100]: > * Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> [2016-03-09 09:56:31 +0100]: > > Why is so much complexity added to avoid a ~3 instructions window where > > calcellation is tested? Cancellation at work atom boundaries is a fundamentally > > 'polling' model anyway, and signal delivery is asynchronous, with a fundamental > > IPI delay if it's cross-CPU. > > > > to avoid the race when the thread is cancelled after the test but before > the syscall see http://ewontfix.com/16/ > wrong link http://ewontfix.com/2/
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