On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 06:09:23PM -0500, Karim Yaghmour wrote: > relayfs implements two schemes: lockless and locking. The later uses > standard linear locking mechanisms. If you need stringent constant > time, you know what to do.
the lockless mode is really just loops around cmpxchg. It's spinlocks reinvented poorly. - 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/
