Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | (Måns Rullgård) | Subject | Re: [PATCH]O18.1int | Date | Mon, 25 Aug 2003 13:58:48 +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? > > No, the 16.2 patch is bad. 16.3 backed it out.
OK, but it somehow made XEmacs behave badly.
-- Måns Rullgård mru@users.sf.net
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