Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 Sep 2006 09:56:33 +0200 | From | Ingo Molnar <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] move put_task_struct() reaping into a thread [Re: 2.6.18-rt1] |
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* Bill Huey <billh@gnuppy.monkey.org> wrote:
> [...] If the upstream kernel used RCU function in a task allocation or > task struct reading in the first place then call_rcu() would be a > clear choice. However, I didn't see it used in that way (I could be > wrong) [...]
it was RCU-ified briefly but then it was further improved to direct freeing, because upstream _can_ free it directly.
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