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The Big Kernel Lock lives on

The Big Kernel Lock lives on

Posted May 27, 2004 23:43 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: The Big Kernel Lock lives on by brugolsky
Parent article: The Big Kernel Lock lives on

`Seven, plus or minus two'... and since we don't want to restrict kernel maintainership to those who are lucky enough to have big short-term memories, less than five seems a good point to stop.


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