From: Olaf Dietsche <olaf.dietsche--list.linux-kernel@exmail.de>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@zip.com.au>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: What is a livelock? (was: [patch] sys_sync livelock fix)
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 17:19:00 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87bsetwe17.fsf@tigram.bogus.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3C69A18A.501BAD42@zip.com.au> <3C69A18A.501BAD42@zip.com.au> <87y9hyw4b6.fsf@tigram.bogus.local> <3C69C7E9.E01C3532@zip.com.au> <87pu3aw1ue.fsf@tigram.bogus.local> <3C69D1FC.195CD36@zip.com.au>
Andrew Morton <akpm@zip.com.au> writes:
> Olaf Dietsche wrote:
>>
>> I still don't get it :-(. When there is more work, this more work
>> needs to be done. So, how could livelock be considered a bug? It's
>> just overload. Or is this about the work, which must be done _after_
>> the queue is empty?
>>
> ...
> [good explanation, so even I grasped it :-)]
Thanks to all, who tried hard explaining livelock.
Regards, Olaf.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-02-13 16:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-02-12 23:13 [patch] sys_sync livelock fix Andrew Morton
2002-02-12 23:31 ` Alan Cox
2002-02-12 23:22 ` Andrew Morton
2002-02-13 0:28 ` Alan Cox
2002-02-13 3:28 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-02-13 3:46 ` Jeff Garzik
2002-02-13 15:11 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-02-13 22:24 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-02-13 22:41 ` Mike Fedyk
2002-02-14 0:26 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-02-14 0:37 ` Andrew Morton
2002-02-14 0:49 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-02-14 0:53 ` Andrew Morton
2002-02-14 1:27 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-02-14 1:29 ` Andrew Morton
2002-02-14 1:59 ` Mike Fedyk
2002-02-14 2:07 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-02-13 23:31 ` Rob Landley
2002-02-14 0:44 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-02-12 23:29 ` Rik van Riel
2002-02-13 0:25 ` Alan Cox
2002-02-13 0:15 ` Rik van Riel
2002-02-13 0:36 ` Alan Cox
2002-02-13 0:36 ` Rik van Riel
2002-02-13 0:39 ` Andrew Morton
2002-02-13 3:42 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-02-13 3:54 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-02-13 4:01 ` Jeff Garzik
2002-02-13 4:53 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-02-13 15:17 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-02-13 4:29 ` Andrew Morton
2002-02-13 5:21 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-02-13 5:35 ` Andrew Morton
2002-02-18 2:29 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-02-13 14:09 ` bill davidsen
2002-02-13 15:29 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-02-13 22:53 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-02-14 0:33 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-02-13 1:36 ` What is a livelock? (was: [patch] sys_sync livelock fix) Olaf Dietsche
2002-02-13 1:56 ` Andrew Morton
2002-02-13 2:30 ` Olaf Dietsche
2002-02-13 2:39 ` Andrew Morton
2002-02-13 16:19 ` Olaf Dietsche [this message]
2002-02-13 2:52 ` William Lee Irwin III
2002-02-18 22:19 ` David Schwartz
2002-02-13 2:33 ` Rob Landley
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