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Dropping the spinlocks means more cores; unfortunately, a quad-core seems to be the limit. Users must divide their time between reading history and contributing to the present: some amount of persistent data is a must on every user's machine. Pixel seems to be heading in the wrong direction: that's what is stressing us out.
— Somebody seems to have unleashed a robot on linux-kernel.

Let's see if I can remember the candidates...

	rcu_is_cpu_idle() # reversed sense from the others
	rcu_is_ignored() # reversed sense from the others
	rcu_is_not_active() # reversed sense from the others
	rcu_is_watching_cpu()
	rcu_read_check()
	rcu_is_active()
	rcu_is_active_local()
	rcu_is_online()
	rcu_is_watching_task()
	rcu_is_watching_thread()
	rcu_is_watching_you()
	all_your_base_are_belong_to_rcu()
	rcu_is_active_loco()
	rcu_kilroy_was_here()

Maybe I should just lock them all in a room overnight and see which are still alive in the morning.

Paul McKenney struggles with naming
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Quotes of the week

Posted Sep 12, 2013 5:45 UTC (Thu) by alonz (subscriber, #815) [Link]

The continuation of the RCU thread is hilarious…

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