Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] ipc: do not hold ipc lock more than necessary

[Emmanuel Benisty]

Hi,

On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 7:16 AM, Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@xxxxxx> wrote:
> The following set of not-thoroughly-tested patches are based on the
> discussion of holding the ipc lock unnecessarily, such as for permissions
> and security checks:
>
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/2/28/540
>
> Patch 0/1: Introduces new functions, analogous to ipc_lock and ipc_lock_check
> in the ipc utility code, allowing to obtain the ipc object without holding the lock.
>
> Patch 0/2: Use the new functions and only acquire the ipc lock when needed.

Not sure how much a work in progress this is but my machine dies
immediately when I start chromium, crappy mobile phone picture here:
http://i.imgur.com/S0hfPz3.jpg

Thanks.
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