Messages in this thread | | | From | (Måns Rullgård) | Subject | Re: [PATCH]O18.1int | Date | Mon, 25 Aug 2003 13:15:17 +0200 |
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Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org> writes:
>> Vanilla test1 has the spin effect. Test2 doesn't. I haven't tried >> vanilla test3 or test4. As I've said, the O16.2-O16.3 patch >> introduced the problem. With that patch reversed, everything is >> fine. What problem does that patch fix? > > It's a generic fix for priority inversion but it induces badness in smp, and > latency in task preemption on up so it's not suitable.
Now I'm confused. If that patch is bad, then why is it in O18?
-- Måns Rullgård mru@users.sf.net
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