Re: [PATCH] Polling > 16000 FDs, Take 2

From: Manfred Spraul (manfreds@colorfullife.com)
Date: Tue Jan 11 2000 - 03:53:09 EST

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Bill Wendling wrote:
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+ else
+ fds = (struct pollfd *)vmalloc(size);
+

vmalloc() & vfree() need lock_kernel(). Tigran wrote a patch, but that
patch is not (yet?) part of the standard kernel.

-- Manfre

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