Messages in this thread | | | Subject | What is a livelock? (was: [patch] sys_sync livelock fix) | From | Olaf Dietsche <> | Date | Wed, 13 Feb 2002 02:36:45 +0100 |
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Andrew Morton <akpm@zip.com.au> writes:
> The get_request fairness patch exposed a livelock > in the buffer layer. write_unlocked_buffers() will > not terminate while other tasks are generating write traffic.
The subject says it: what is a livelock? How is it different from a deadlock?
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