Re: [patch] Real-Time Preemption, -RT-2.6.12-rc4-V0.7.47-06

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Daniel Walker wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> 
> > Sorry, I don't understand you. Could you please explain this to me?
> 
> plist_for_each() was just created to walk through all the nodes in the
> list, There is no guaranteed ordering via that method. From your test it
> appeared to be working since you printed all the nodes you inserted.

Yes, plist_for_each() without plist_entry() works.

> There are other methods like plist_first() which will give you FIFO
> ordered nodes (or should) . The reason is that plist_first() pulls off the
> dp_node , which is the first node inserted at that priority. All the other
> nodes are inserted behind the dp_node. That's why I used list_add() and
> not list_add_tail()

So plist_for_each() works in reverse order, and the comment about
fifo ordering applies only to plist_first(). Thanks for explanation.

I don't understand why you are doing it this way, though.

Oleg.
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