Sure, if they want pre-emption on SMP. Of course, then they'll want
priority inheritence.
> However, you also need to make your free _free_ be aware of the count.
> Which means that the current RCU patch is really unusable for this. You
> need to have the "count" always in a generic place (put it with the hash),
> and your schedule-time free needs to do
>
> if (atomic_read(&count))
> skip_this_do_it_next_time
WTF? I'll spell it out for you again:
static inline void foo_put(struct foo *foo)
{
if (atomic_dec_and_test(foo->use))
kfree(foo);
}
Write side normal:
lock
unhash(foo)
unlock
foo_put(foo)
Write side RCU:
lock
unhash(foo)
unlock
rcu_call(foo_put, foo);
/* ie. call foo_put(foo) "later". */
That's all. Really.
> Do that, and the RCU patches may start looking usable for the real world.
I know you're under strain, but think harder please.
Rusty.
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