Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263026AbTIJMwK (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Sep 2003 08:52:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263036AbTIJMwK (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Sep 2003 08:52:10 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust4.swan.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.4]:35210 "EHLO dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263026AbTIJMwI (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Sep 2003 08:52:08 -0400 Subject: Re: Efficient IPC mechanism on Linux From: Alan Cox To: Luca Veraldi Cc: Arjan van de Ven , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <01f801c37783$9ead8960$5aaf7450@wssupremo> References: <00f201c376f8$231d5e00$beae7450@wssupremo> <20030909175821.GL16080@Synopsys.COM> <001d01c37703$8edc10e0$36af7450@wssupremo> <20030910064508.GA25795@Synopsys.COM> <015601c3777c$8c63b2e0$5aaf7450@wssupremo> <1063185795.5021.4.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> <01c601c3777f$97c92680$5aaf7450@wssupremo> <20030910114414.B14352@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <01f801c37783$9ead8960$5aaf7450@wssupremo> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1063198250.32730.36.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 (1.4.4-5) Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 13:50:51 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 569 Lines: 15 On Mer, 2003-09-10 at 11:09, Luca Veraldi wrote: > SMP is crying... > But not so much, if the lock is not lasting much, is it right? > > THIS IS NOT WHAT WE CALL A SHORT LOCK SECTION: This is the difference between science and engineering. Its a path that isnt normally taken and normally if taken takes almost no loops. - 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/