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From: David Mosberger <davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com>
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [Linux-ia64] RE: +AFs-Linux-ia64+AF0- reader-writer livelock proble
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 21:21:34 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-ia64-105590709805392@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-ia64-105590709805391@msgid-missing>

>>>>> On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 14:36:38 -0600, "Van Maren, Kevin" <kevin.vanmaren@unisys.com> said:

  Van> I have not looked at this, but I don't believe it is the right
  Van> way to solve the problem: users who +AF8-need+AF8- to use all
  Van> the CPUs for computation would be punished just to work around
  Van> a kernel implementation issue: that's like saying don't allow
  Van> processes to allocate virtual memory because if the VM is
  Van> over-committed by X amount the kernel deadlocks.

  Van> It would be a bad hack to limit the system-call rate just to
  Van> prevent livelock.

Certainly.  I didn't suggest PRM as a way to _solve_ the livelock
problem, but since Mario asked for a method to cap CPU utilization, I
mentiond it.

	--david


  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-11-11 21:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-11-11 20:36 [Linux-ia64] RE: +AFs-Linux-ia64+AF0- reader-writer livelock proble Van Maren, Kevin
2002-11-11 20:38 ` Wedum, Patricia
2002-11-11 21:21 ` David Mosberger [this message]
2002-11-11 22:02 ` Grant Grundler
     [not found] <3FAD1088D4556046AEC48D80B47B478C0101F4F7@usslc-exch-4.slc.unisys.com>
2002-11-11 22:02 ` Grant Grundler

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