* Dave Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-10-09 at 15:44 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > there might be races as well, especially with proxy state - and
> > current->flags updates are not serialized.
> >
> > So maybe it should be a completely separate flag after all? Stick it
> > into the end of task_struct perhaps.
>
> What do you mean by proxy state? nsproxy?
it's a concept: one task installing some state into another task (which
state must be restored after a checkpoint event), while that other task
is running. Such as a pi-futex state for example.
So a task can acquire state not just by its own doing, but via some
other task too.
Ingo
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