Re: What is the role of LIST_POISON1 and LIST_POISON2?

On Fri, 04 Mar 2016 13:02:02 +0800, Navy Cheng said: > Hi, > > When I read the code of list_del(), I find LIST_POISON1 and LIST_POISON2: > > static inline void list_del(struct list_head *entry) > { > __list_del(entry->prev, entry->next); > entry->next = LIST_POISON1; > ent

What is the role of LIST_POISON1 and LIST_POISON2?

Hi, When I read the code of list_del(), I find LIST_POISON1 and LIST_POISON2: static inline void list_del(struct list_head *entry) { __list_del(entry->prev, entry->next); entry->next = LIST_POISON1; entry->prev = LIST_POISON2; } Why not set entry->next and ent

Add Wiki Edit Permissions

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Linux Kernel Group Scheduling Feature of CFS

Hello, Completely Fair Scheduler uses group Scheduling. That is every process gets an equal share of CPU time no matter how many threads are there. How to measure that CFS uses Group Scheduling Feature. Which performance tools like time, vmstat will help to prove this. Regards, Suniita __

Re: remote system call

On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 6:12 PM, Nitin Varyani wrote: > Hi, > I want to migrate user context of a process to a remote machine > (i.e. registers, code, data, virtual memory and program counter) and when > it makes a system call or file i/o, I want to send that request to its home > node. > >

remote system call

Hi, I want to migrate user context of a process to a remote machine (i.e. registers, code, data, virtual memory and program counter) and when it makes a system call or file i/o, I want to send that request to its home node. That is, the user process executing at remote node will copy desired