From: "Kedar Sovani" Subject: Isolation of nfs threads Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 11:48:47 +0530 Sender: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <005401c25fa4$6c6a8270$4f0010ac@Ashwamedha> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0051_01C25FD2.8383F7B0" Return-path: Received: from silver.he.net ([216.218.151.2]) by usw-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 3.31-VA-mm2 #1 (Debian)) id 17rud7-0004t6-00 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 23:17:37 -0700 Received: from Ashwamedha ([203.124.132.202] (may be forged)) by silver.he.net (8.8.6/8.8.2) with SMTP id XAA30901 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 23:17:31 -0700 To: Errors-To: nfs-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Discussion of NFS under Linux development, interoperability, and testing. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0051_01C25FD2.8383F7B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hey, I am resending this message, can anyone please comment about the = problem stated below. How does nfs maintain the isolation between multiple=20 threads.That is when one nfs thread is running how does it avoid other=20 nfs threads from running. This is achieved in BSD using the splxxx()=20 functions. But in LINUX i do not see any similare function which handles this. Or more generally how does the LINUX kernel, lower and raise the = interrupt level it is currently working on? How does it apply to NFS ? Waiting for reply, rgds, Kedar. ------=_NextPart_000_0051_01C25FD2.8383F7B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hey,
= I am=20 resending this message, can anyone please comment about the problem = stated=20 below.

How does nfs maintain = the=20 isolation between multiple
threads.That is when one nfs thread is = running=20 how does it avoid other
nfs threads from running. This is achieved = in BSD=20 using the splxxx()
functions. But in LINUX i do not see any similare = function which = handles
this.
Or=20 more generally how does the LINUX kernel, lower and raise the =
interrupt=20 level it is currently working on? How does it apply to NFS = ?

Waiting for=20 reply,

rgds,
Kedar.

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