On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 01:48:32PM +1000, Paul Mackerras wrote: > Herbert Xu writes: > > > If you're referring to the code in sk_stream_mem_schedule > > then it's working as intended. The atomicity guarantees > > You mean it's intended that *sk->sk_prot->memory_pressure can end up > as 1 when sk->sk_prot->memory_allocated is small (less than > ->sysctl_mem[0]), or as 0 when ->memory_allocated is large (greater > than ->sysctl_mem[2])? Because that's the effect of the current code. > If so I wonder why you bother computing it.
You need to remember that there are three different limits: minimum, pressure, and maximum. By default we should never be in a situation where what you say can occur. If you set all three limits to the same thing, then yes it won't work as intended but it's still well-behaved. Cheers, -- Visit Openswan at http://www.openswan.org/ Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
