Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 27 Oct 2002 23:05:08 +0100 | From | Peter Waechtler <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] unified SysV and Posix mqueues as FS |
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Manfred Spraul schrieb: > > > - notification not tested > > - still linear search in queues > > Is that a problem? Receive does one linear search of the queued > messages, send does one linear search of the waiting receivers. Both > lists should be short. >
Yes, they _should_ but don't have to be. It only matters if you ask for specific priority/type of message.
> Could you split your patch into the functional changes and cleanup? > (const, size_t, you move a few definitions around, whitespace cleanups) > > I don't like the deep integration of the mqueues into the sysv code - is > that really needed? > For example, you add the mqueue messages into the sysv array, and then > add lots of code to separate both again - IPC_RMID cannot remove posix > queues, etc. > > Have you tried to separate both further? Create a ramfs like filesystem, > store msg_queue in the inode structure? > The ids array is only for sysv, only the actual message handling is > shared between sysv msg and posix mqueues >
I plan to separate the interfaces and just share the message stuff. But time was getting short. :) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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