linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] move put_task_struct() reaping into a thread [Re: 2.6.18-rt1]

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Message-ID: <20060927090845.GB20395@elte.hu>
Date:	Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:08:45 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	Bill Huey <billh@...ppy.monkey.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	John Stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ibm.com>,
	Dipankar Sarma <dipankar@...ibm.com>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] move put_task_struct() reaping into a thread [Re: 2.6.18-rt1]


* Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com> wrote:

> About the rcu removal discussion I heard it was more the possibility 
> was suggested because the downside was significant, and normal locks 
> were more deterministic.  The emphasis was that call_rcu could be a 
> problem and that something needs to happen to fix that.

RCU is really mostly used as a garbage-collection scheme, and hence its 
latency, while it can be practically problematic in some cases, never is 
directly visible in terms of application or kernel behavior.

the same is in this case: the call_rcu() use is for gathering totally 
unused task structs. There should be no side-effects.

	Ingo
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