Andrew Morton <akpm@zip.com.au> writes:
> The get_request fairness patch exposed a livelock
> in the buffer layer. write_unlocked_buffers() will
> not terminate while other tasks are generating write traffic.
The subject says it: what is a livelock? How is it different
from a deadlock?
Thanks, Olaf.
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