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From: Cort Dougan <cort@fsmlabs.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 09:01:05 -0600
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Subject: Re: [patch] lockless, scalable get_pid(), for_each_process() elimination, 2.5.35-BK
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Can we get a lockless, scalable, fault-tolerant, pre-emption safe,
zero-copy and distributed get_pid() that meets the Carrier Grade
specification?  If at all possible I need it to do garbage collection, too.

Perhaps a get_pid() that solves the Turning Halting Problem should be on
the todo list for 2.6.
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