Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf/tools: put new buildid locks to use
From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Thu May 14 2015 - 06:41:11 EST
* Milos Vyletel <milos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Use new read/write locks when accesing buildid directory on places where
> we may race if multiple instances are run simultaneously.
Dunno, this will create locking interaction between multiple instances
of perf - hanging each other, etc.
And it seems unnecessary: the buildid hierarchy is already spread out.
What kind of races might there be?
Thanks,
Ingo
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