Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265108AbTIJQAk (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Sep 2003 12:00:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265149AbTIJQAk (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Sep 2003 12:00:40 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust4.swan.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.4]:4239 "EHLO dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265108AbTIJQAj (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Sep 2003 12:00:39 -0400 Subject: Re: Efficient IPC mechanism on Linux From: Alan Cox To: Luca Veraldi Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <04aa01c377a3$4e3cfc20$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> <1063198060.32726.32.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> <04aa01c377a3$4e3cfc20$5aaf7450@wssupremo> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1063209568.32726.84.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 16:59:28 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 620 Lines: 15 On Mer, 2003-09-10 at 14:56, Luca Veraldi wrote: > There are kernel locks all around in sources. > So don't come here and talk about locking ineffiency. > Because scarse scalability of Linux on multiprocessor > is a reality nobody can hide. Well if you will read the 2.2 code sure. If you want to argue scalability I suggest you look at current code and the SGI Altix boxes - 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/