Re: [RFC PATCH] Linux kernel Wait-Free Concurrent QueueImplementation

[Mathieu Desnoyers]

* Eric Wong (normalperson@xxxxxxxx) wrote:
> Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > It is provided as a starting point only. Test cases should be ported
> > from Userspace RCU to kernel space and thoroughly ran on a wide range of
> > architectures before considering this port production-ready.
> 
> Hi Mathieu, any progress on this front?

Nope, I've been busy on other things.

> I'm not sure how to approach
> test cases in the kernel, perhaps taking hints from locking_selftest()
> would be a start.

I guess creating a wfcq_selftest() derived from userspace RCU
test_urcu_wfcq.c might be a good start.

> Fwiw, I've been running wfcqueue+epoll for a few weeks now on my
> personal machines without problems :)

Great!

Thanks,

Mathieu


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