> >
> > so then someone calling a syncoronized java method could
> > possibly cause a dead lock which could then cause the IPI
> > timout? Since the original question was about Kaffe, it is
>
> Only if there is a kernel bug.
>
Bar any bug, am I to understand, that a program off in user
land, could never, ever, ever, cause a cpu to spin forever?
(Seriously thou)
Can a process cause a cpu to spin, over and over and over again?
Or does a spinning thread get put to sleep by the kernel?
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