Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 21 Dec 1999 10:11:40 +0100 (CET) | From | Andrea Arcangeli <> | Subject | Re: Lockmetering for 2.3.29 |
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On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, Peter Rival wrote:
>Yes, but... :) If we wait until the 2.4.x branch, our opportunity to >"soak" this relatively major change without production impact will have >passed us by. The last thing I want to do is add performance that >impacts stability in, or too close to, a "stable" kernel series. I'd
The only thing that should change is the slow path of the spinlock. It's a minor change that we can do at any time without worrying to impact stability.
>another, and someone else is doing the LKCD, IIRC. The snowball is >growing :)
:))
Andrea
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