Re: 2.6.10-rc1-bk4 and kernel/futex.c:542

Michal Schmidt
2004-10-26T17:21:46Z

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> yeah, it definitely looks like there is some futex race that the
> PREEMPT_REALTIME kernel triggers in no time. (this is because the
> locking in the PREEMPT_REALTIME kernel is equivalent to an SMP system
> with an infinite number of CPUs and will trigger the same races.)
>
> Ingo

That's an interesting claim. I don't understand why it is equivalent.
Could you please explain it?

Michal