Andrew Morton <akpm@zip.com.au> writes:
> Olaf Dietsche wrote:
>>
>> I still don't get it :-(. When there is more work, this more work
>> needs to be done. So, how could livelock be considered a bug? It's
>> just overload. Or is this about the work, which must be done _after_
>> the queue is empty?
>>
> ...
> [good explanation, so even I grasped it :-)]
Thanks to all, who tried hard explaining livelock.
Regards, Olaf.
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