Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 29 Sep 1999 07:52:18 -0700 | From | "David S. Miller" <> | Subject | Re: 2.2.13pre14 lockup caused by do_check_pgt_cache() |
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Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 15:45:01 +0100 (BST) From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
It looks safe providing nobody is ever touching it without holding the right locks. One person fiddling with them out of the locks and its going to get the cache_size wrong over time and then boom.. exit stage left
The cache sizes are per-cpu on SMP, there are no locks, it was designed this way on purpose.
Later, David S. Miller davem@redhat.com
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