RE: FUSYN and RT

From: Sven Dietrich
Date: Fri Apr 15 2005 - 22:01:45 EST


> > >
> > /** A fuqueue, a prioritized wait queue usable from
> kernel space. */
> > struct fuqueue {
> > spinlock_t lock;
> > struct plist wlist;
> > struct fuqueue_ops *ops;
> > };
> >
>
> Would the above spinlock_t be a raw_spinlock_t? This goes
> back to my first question. I'm not sure how familiar you are
> with Ingo's work, but he has turned all spinlocks into
> mutexes, and when you really need an original spinlock, you
> declare it with raw_spinlock_t.
>

This one probably should be a raw_spinlock.
This lock is only held to protect access to the queues.
Since the queues are already priority ordered, there is
little benefit to ordering -the order of insertion-
in case of contention on a queue, compared with the complexity.

Just what you want to say to a guy who says he is tired ;)

Sven



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