On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 04:40:27AM -0800, Bill Huey wrote: > The current kernel mostly using traditional spinlocks doesn't have locking > complicated enough to warrant it. However, the -rt patch does create[s] a > circumstance where a fully preemptible [kernel] may sleep task with mutexes > held create[ing] > [-and needs] [a need to] resolve priority inversions that results from it. > That's of
With corrections... Sorry, I meant a fully preemptive kernel has priority inversion as an inheritant property and needs to resolved using some kind of priority inheritance. > course assuming that priority is something that needs to be strictly > obeyed in this variant of the kernel with consideration to priority > inheritance. bill - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
