Re: [PATCH v5 3/7] powerpc: use task_pid_nr() for TID allocation

2018-05-30 Thread Andrew Donnellan
On 11/05/18 16:12, Alastair D'Silva wrote: From: Alastair D'Silva The current implementation of TID allocation, using a global IDR, may result in an errant process starving the system of available TIDs. Instead, use task_pid_nr(), as mentioned by the original author. The scenario described whic

Re: [PATCH v5 3/7] powerpc: use task_pid_nr() for TID allocation

2018-05-11 Thread Frederic Barrat
Le 11/05/2018 à 08:12, Alastair D'Silva a écrit : From: Alastair D'Silva The current implementation of TID allocation, using a global IDR, may result in an errant process starving the system of available TIDs. Instead, use task_pid_nr(), as mentioned by the original author. The scenario descr

[PATCH v5 3/7] powerpc: use task_pid_nr() for TID allocation

2018-05-10 Thread Alastair D'Silva
From: Alastair D'Silva The current implementation of TID allocation, using a global IDR, may result in an errant process starving the system of available TIDs. Instead, use task_pid_nr(), as mentioned by the original author. The scenario described which prevented it's use is not applicable, as se