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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Joe Korty <joe.korty@ccur.com>
Cc: stasn77@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] port jRCU from 3.3 to 3.4
Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 15:57:44 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2vcjp87mf.fsf@firstfloor.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120521184528.GA4145@tsunami.ccur.com> (Joe Korty's message of "Mon, 21 May 2012 14:45:28 -0400")

Joe Korty <joe.korty@ccur.com> writes:
> + *
> + * jRCU assumes that the frames are large enough that architecture barrier
> + * operations performed in one frame have fully completed by the start of
> + * the next.  This period is presumed to be in the tens of microseconds, so
> + * it may not be wise to run jRCU at a frame rate under 100 usecs.

This sounds like a very dangerous assumption.

-Andi


  reply	other threads:[~2012-05-21 22:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-21 18:45 [PATCH] port jRCU from 3.3 to 3.4 Joe Korty
2012-05-21 22:57 ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2012-05-22 13:38   ` Joe Korty
2012-05-22 15:24     ` Andi Kleen

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