Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:48:33 +0000 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [RFC, PATCH] locks: remove posix deadlock detection |
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> Bzzt. You get a false deadlock with multiple threads like so: > > Thread A of task B takes lock 1 > Thread C of task D takes lock 2 > Thread C of task D blocks on lock 1 > Thread E of task B blocks on lock 2
The spec and SYSV certainly ignore threading in this situation and you know that perfectly well (or did in 2004) - 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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