Re: [PATCH 08/12] mm: fixup possible deadlock

On Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:42:17 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > When the threshol is in the order of the per cpu inaccuracies we can > deadlock by not receiveing the updated count, That explanation is a bit, umm, terse. > introduce a more expensive > but more accurate stat read function to use on

[PATCH 08/12] mm: fixup possible deadlock

When the threshol is in the order of the per cpu inaccuracies we can deadlock by not receiveing the updated count, introduce a more expensive but more accurate stat read function to use on low thresholds. (TODO: roll into the bdi_stat patch) Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---