Re: [PATCH 0/4] v6 Improve task->comm locking situation

[Ingo Molnar]

* Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, 18 May 2011 21:48:11 +0200
> Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Dunno, %ptc ties into lowlevel sprintf() and takes a spinlock!
> 
> yup, that's a problem.

If the lock is removed it looks useful.

> > Oh, out of morbid curiosity, mind providing a log of bigger past incidents 
> > where you had to stick pins into a doll of me? (In private mail, if the list is 
> > too long ;-)
> 
> http://0.tqn.com/d/urbanlegends/1/0/m/B/porcupine2.jpg

That looks manageable! I was hoping not to end up like this:

  http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00675/china_needle404_675809c.jpg

Thanks,

	Ingo
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