Re: Once again

Jamie Lokier (lkd@tantalophile.demon.co.uk)
Tue, 29 Jun 1999 04:38:59 +0200

Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ]
Next message: Dale Amon: "Re: Once again"
Previous message: Jamie Lokier: "Re: Detecting changed files for JIT/metadata cacheing"

Dale Amon wrote:
> Ah, you leave me one of two choices. Either go read the code or
> ask a dumb question :-)
>
> With respect to what entity does the "update since last poll" occur?
> ie if there are multiple poll()'ers, does each have their own
> private view or does each reset the time since last poll?

I haven't read the code, but it must be for each poller otherwise it
doesn't fix the race condition.

-- Jamie

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Next message: Dale Amon: "Re: Once again"
Previous message: Jamie Lokier: "Re: Detecting changed files for JIT/metadata cacheing"