From: Heiko Carstens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 09:27:45 +0200
> Tried to figure out what is causing the delays I experienced when I replaced > module_init() in af_inet.c with fs_initcall(). After all it turned out that > synchronize_net() which is basicically nothing else than synchronize_rcu() > sometimes takes several seconds to complete?! No idea why that is... > > callchain: inet_init() -> inet_register_protosw() -> synchronize_net() The problem can't be rcu_init(), that gets done very early in init/main.c Maybe it's some timer or something else specific to s390? It could also be that there's perhaps nothing to context switch to, thus the RCU takes forever to "happen". - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
