Re: showstopper race condition in sync() ??? [2.1.119|120]

Pavel Machek (pavel@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz)
Thu, 17 Sep 1998 13:03:11 +0200


Hi!

> >What would be the consequence of putting a big spinlock around the whole
> >sync_dquots routine ? We would be unable to sync() the quota on two
>
> If you have a K6 as you said putting a spinlock can' t help you to avoid
> the dquota deadlock.

Ugh. Pardon my ignorance, but what does have CPU type to do with
generic code, such as spinlocks() and quotas?

Pavel

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