linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -rt WIP] NMI-safe lightweight parallel-update -rt RCU

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Date:	Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:09:37 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
	rostedt@...dmis.org, dipankar@...ibm.com, josht@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
	linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -rt WIP] NMI-safe lightweight parallel-update -rt RCU


* Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> Hello!
> 
> Just work in progress, not recommended for inclusion.  Seems stable 
> under rigorous rcutorture testing, so should be OK for 
> experimentation.

nice stuff!

i'm wondering, could you try to do this as a splitup against -mm? I 
think we should get people exposed to the idea of RCU_PREEMPT in the 
upstream kernel a bit more. The netfilter folks promised some 
preparatory enhancements to make it easier, a few months ago :)

	Ingo
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