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Subject: Re: 2.4.17 absurd number of context switches
To: davidel@xmailserver.org (Davide Libenzi)
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 17:45:27 +0000 (GMT)
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> the scheduler will spend 3 entire time slices switching between B and C
> before A will get back the CPU and will free the lock.

Ugggh. That sounds horribly plausible. 
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