Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:58:09 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: [RFC 1/4] kevent: core files. | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 00:53:10 -0700
> This is the case to keep in mind here. I thought Zach and the other > involved in the discussions in Ottawa said this has been shown to be a > problem and that a ring buffer implementation with something other than > simple front and back pointers is preferable.
This is part of why I suggested VJ style channel data structure. At worst, the cachelines for the entries get into shared modified state when the remove userland cpu reads the slot. - 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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