Re: ipc,sem: sysv semaphore scalability

From: Emmanuel Benisty
Date: Fri Mar 22 2013 - 07:04:40 EST


Hi Rik,

On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 2:55 AM, Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This series makes the sysv semaphore code more scalable,
> by reducing the time the semaphore lock is held, and making
> the locking more scalable for semaphore arrays with multiple
> semaphores.

I was trying your patchset and my machine died while building a
package. I could reproduce the bug the (only) two times I tried.
There's a poor quality picture here: http://i.imgur.com/MuYuyQC.jpg

Thanks.
-- Emmanuel
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