linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] relay: Fix race condition which occurs when reading across CPUs.

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Date:	Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:35:51 +0300
From:	Eduard - Gabriel Munteanu <eduard.munteanu@...ux360.ro>
To:	Mathieu Desnoyers <compudj@...stal.dyndns.org>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>,
	Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@...il.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, righi.andrea@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] relay: Fix race condition which occurs when reading
 across CPUs.

On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:10:36 -0400
Mathieu Desnoyers <compudj@...stal.dyndns.org> wrote:

> Do you get the same results when not using a buffered read to read
> /proc/PID/stat ? Also, since the internal proc handle might buffer the
> information, closing the file and re-opening it after the set affinity
> would not be a bad idea.
> 
> Mathieu

Tested your suggestions now, looks fine. 5 instances end up on CPU 1,
one on CPU 0, no errors printed by the application.


	Eduard
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