Messages in this thread | | | From | Oliver Neukum <> | Subject | Re: Driverfs updates | Date | Tue, 9 Jul 2002 19:05:28 +0200 |
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Am Dienstag, 9. Juli 2002 13:08 schrieb Thunder from the hill: > Hi, > > On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Oliver Neukum wrote: > > -It is slow. > > I wouldn't call it any fast when I think about the idea that 31 of my > CPUs on Hawkeye shall be stopped because I unload a module. Sometimes at > high noon my server (Hawkeye) can hardly keep up all the traffic. Just > imagine a module would be unloaded then! That's the problem I'm having > with it. > > What should make a lock for parts of the kernel slower than a lock for > the _whole_ kernel?
Because you unload modules rarely, but you'd take the lock millions of times in vain.
Regards Oliver
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