* Bill Huey <[email protected]> wrote: > [...] If the upstream kernel used RCU function in a task allocation or > task struct reading in the first place then call_rcu() would be a > clear choice. However, I didn't see it used in that way (I could be > wrong) [...] it was RCU-ified briefly but then it was further improved to direct freeing, because upstream _can_ free it directly. Ingo - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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