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Subject: Re: Strange load spikes on 2.4.19 kernel
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   From: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
   Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 10:48:21 +0200
   
   You seem to think "threaded" means there can be no critical sections.

And as I mention in my other email, the allocation can be
broken down into a single instruction's worth of critical section.
Which is as good as his version of "threaded" could be.
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