Re: [PATCH] move put_task_struct() reaping into a thread [Re: 2.6.18-rt1]

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Thu Sep 21 2006 - 04:05:39 EST



* Bill Huey <billh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> [...] If the upstream kernel used RCU function in a task allocation or
> task struct reading in the first place then call_rcu() would be a
> clear choice. However, I didn't see it used in that way (I could be
> wrong) [...]

it was RCU-ified briefly but then it was further improved to direct
freeing, because upstream _can_ free it directly.

Ingo
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