From: ralf@uni-koblenz.de
To: Ariel Faigon <ariel@oz.engr.sgi.com>, linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com
Subject: Re: help offered
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 1998 20:45:07 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19981127204507.E690@uni-koblenz.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <19981127235918.A20200@loria.fr>; from Olivier Galibert on Fri, Nov 27, 1998 at 11:59:18PM +0100
On Fri, Nov 27, 1998 at 11:59:18PM +0100, Olivier Galibert wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 26, 1998 at 08:54:07AM -0600, ralf@uni-koblenz.de wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 26, 1998 at 06:28:37AM -0600, ralf@uni-koblenz.de wrote:
> >
> > > The big ones which still need a lot of work are
> > >
> > > - VFS and lower layers are protected by the big kernel lock.
> >
> > Talked with Stephen Tweedie about this, it's considered a tough job to
> > multithread that right.
>
> Afaik, the main problem is avoiding deadlocks. Tough job.
Not only, it has to be efficient and Linus has to like it. As things are
right now only some of Stephen's work in that area was done with MT in
mind.
Ralf
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-11-28 2:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-11-24 12:27 help offered Torbjörn Gannholm
1998-11-24 20:33 ` Ariel Faigon
1998-11-25 19:49 ` Olivier Galibert
1998-11-25 19:57 ` John E. Schimmel
1998-11-25 19:57 ` John E. Schimmel
1998-11-25 20:11 ` Jeffrey Watts
1998-11-25 20:43 ` Greg Chesson
1998-11-25 20:37 ` Ariel Faigon
1998-11-25 20:37 ` Ariel Faigon
1998-11-25 20:51 ` pjlahaie
1998-11-25 21:18 ` William J. Earl
1998-11-25 21:18 ` William J. Earl
1998-11-25 21:24 ` Greg Chesson
1998-11-25 21:24 ` Greg Chesson
1998-11-25 21:38 ` pjlahaie
1998-11-25 21:57 ` Greg Chesson
1998-11-25 21:57 ` Greg Chesson
1998-11-25 22:09 ` pjlahaie
1998-11-25 22:57 ` Greg Chesson
1998-11-25 22:57 ` Greg Chesson
1998-11-25 22:08 ` William J. Earl
1998-11-25 22:08 ` William J. Earl
1998-11-25 22:13 ` Alex Kozlov
1998-11-25 22:15 ` pjlahaie
1998-11-25 22:25 ` William J. Earl
1998-11-25 22:25 ` William J. Earl
1998-11-25 21:46 ` Alan Cox
1998-11-25 21:04 ` Greg Chesson
1998-11-25 21:04 ` Greg Chesson
1998-11-26 12:28 ` ralf
[not found] ` <19981126085407.A2201@uni-koblenz.de>
1998-11-27 22:59 ` Olivier Galibert
1998-11-28 2:45 ` ralf [this message]
1998-11-26 22:17 ` Miguel de Icaza
1998-11-25 20:56 ` Greg Chesson
1998-11-25 21:12 ` Olivier Galibert
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