Re: [PATCH] fully preemptible kernel

vda (vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua)
Mon, 10 Dec 2001 08:54:50 -0200


On Sunday 09 December 2001 18:41, Robert Love wrote:
> Updated preempt-kernel patches for 2.4.16 and 2.4.17-pre6 are now
> available at:
>
> ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/rml/preempt-kernel
>
> patches for various previous kernels are there as well, but not in sync
> with this release.
>
> This patch enables a fully preemptible linux kernel -- userspace
> processes are preemptible by higher priority tasks, even if running in
> kernel space. Nice gains in response _and_ throughput are observed.
>
> The main change in this release is support for the SH architecture.
> i386 and ARM are also supported.

I reported a problem with preemptible 2.4.13 and Samba server (oops, problems
with creation of files from win clients).
Is this issue addressed?

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vda
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