2006-02-22 23:13:31

by Oleg Nesterov

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] revert "Optimize sys_times for a single threadprocess"

Christoph Lameter wrote:
>
> On Thu, 23 Feb 2006, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>
> > tasklist_lock in sys_times() will be eliminated completely
> > by further patch.
>
> Where is that patch? The patch would simply drop the locks?

Just sent it: "[PATCH 1/6] sys_times: don't take tasklist_lock"

It only drops tasklist_lock, sighand->siglock is still needed,
of course.

Oleg.