linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] Linux kernel Wait-Free Concurrent Queue Implementation

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Date:	Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:23:08 +0000
From:	Eric Wong <normalperson@...t.net>
To:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Cc:	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] Linux kernel Wait-Free Concurrent Queue
 Implementation

Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com> 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?  I'm not sure how to approach
test cases in the kernel, perhaps taking hints from locking_selftest()
would be a start.

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