linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] add task migration

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Message-Id: <47B1AD0B.BA47.005A.0@novell.com>
Date:	Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:28:27 -0700
From:	"Gregory Haskins" <ghaskins@...ell.com>
To:	"Steven Rostedt" <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Mathieu Desnoyers" <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>,
	"LKML" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-rt-users" <linux-rt-users@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] add task migration_disable critical section

>>> On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at  2:22 PM, in message
<Pine.LNX.4.58.0802121420470.21926@...dalf.stny.rr.com>, Steven Rostedt
<rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote: 

> On Tue, 12 Feb 2008, Gregory Haskins wrote:
> 
>> This patch adds a new critical-section primitive pair:
>>
>> "migration_disable()" and "migration_enable()"
> 
> This is similar to what Mathieu once posted:
> 
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/7/11/13
> 
> Not sure the arguments against (no time to read the thread again). But I'd
> recommend that you read it.
> 
> -- Steve

Indeed, thanks for the link!  At quick glance, the concept looks identical, though the implementations are radically different.

-Greg

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