On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 10:11:45AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > Hello! > > This patch is an experiment in use of RCU for individual code paths that > read-acquire the tasklist lock, in this case, unicast signal delivery. > It passes five kernbenches on 4-CPU x86, but obviously needs much more > testing before it is considered for serious use, let alone inclusion.
I think we should switch over tasklist_lock to RCU completely instead of adding suck hacks. I've started lots of preparation work to get rid of tasklist_lock users outside of kernel/, especialy getting rid of any use in modules. - 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/
