Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262537AbVAPQWt (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Jan 2005 11:22:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262538AbVAPQVw (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Jan 2005 11:21:52 -0500 Received: from [213.146.154.40] ([213.146.154.40]:14281 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262537AbVAPQV3 (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 Jan 2005 11:21:29 -0500 Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 16:21:27 +0000 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Karim Yaghmour Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, Andrew Morton , linux-kernel Subject: Re: 2.6.11-rc1-mm1 Message-ID: <20050116162127.GC26144@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Karim Yaghmour , tglx@linutronix.de, Andrew Morton , linux-kernel References: <20050114002352.5a038710.akpm@osdl.org> <1105740276.8604.83.camel@tglx.tec.linutronix.de> <41E85123.7080005@opersys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41E85123.7080005@opersys.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 569 Lines: 13 On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 06:09:23PM -0500, Karim Yaghmour wrote: > relayfs implements two schemes: lockless and locking. The later uses > standard linear locking mechanisms. If you need stringent constant > time, you know what to do. the lockless mode is really just loops around cmpxchg. It's spinlocks reinvented poorly. - 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/