Re: PATCH 2.4.0.1.ac10: a KISS memory pressure callback

Jamie Lokier (lk@tantalophile.demon.co.uk)
Wed, 7 Jun 2000 16:06:52 +0200


Alan Cox wrote:
> > Any places lurking where a notifier func needs to be called rapidly?
>
> Be careful updating it. There may be users who make notifier callbacks while
> in a notifier. You need a reader-write lock I think

There may be users who update notifier lists while in a notifier.

-- Jamie

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