On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 10:36:44PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> modify_ldt has questionable locking and does not synchronize
> threads. Improve it: redesign the locking and synchronize all
> threads' LDTs using an IPI on all modifications.
>
> This will dramatically slow down modify_ldt in mul
modify_ldt has questionable locking and does not synchronize
threads. Improve it: redesign the locking and synchronize all
threads' LDTs using an IPI on all modifications.
This will dramatically slow down modify_ldt in multithreaded
programs, but there shouldn't be any multithreaded programs that