Re: [PATCH 1/8] Notifier chain update

[Benjamin LaHaise]

On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 04:57:30PM -0500, Alan Stern wrote:
> Sez who?  If it's not documented in the kernel source, I don't believe 
> it.

The notifier interface is supposed to be *light weight*.  Adding locks 
that get taken on every call basically changes the concept entirely.  The 
cache misses notifiers add are measurable overhead, with locks being far 
worse.

		-ben
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