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kmalloc cannot figure out whether sleeping is allowable or notkmalloc cannot figure out whether sleeping is allowable or notPosted Apr 2, 2008 0:54 UTC (Wed) by roelofs (guest, #2599)In reply to: kmalloc cannot figure out whether sleeping is allowable or not by rusty Parent article: Atomic context and kernel API design Damn, but it was such a beautiful example; the same one I used in 2003 in my OLS keynote, and noone spotted it then either. At least you're in good company. ;-) A somewhat analogous "discovery" involved the thread-(non)safety of the double-checked locking pattern in C++, which various people (possibly including Scott Effective C++ Meyers himself) espoused for some years prior to the publication of an article describing its problems [PDF]. Greg
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