Linux-kernel mailing list archive 2000-26,: Re: a joint letter on low latency and Linux

# Re: a joint letter on low latency and Linux

Andi Kleen (ak@suse.de)
Fri, 30 Jun 2000 15:37:46 +0200

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On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 07:39:00AM -0600, yodaiken@fsmlabs.com wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 30, 2000 at 02:27:47PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > - Use Linus' trick of a multi threaded UP kernel using
> > SMP locks (2.5 material), also hated by Larry/Victor.
>
> I don't hate it at all. I think it will add serious overhead, but
> it is a clean design that can be turned off.

You can already study it today in user-mode-linux (that latest versions
have a SMP emulation iirc @)

-Andi

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