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Re: xfsdump safe?

To: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: xfsdump safe?
From: ivanr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Ivan Rayner)
Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 10:17:38 +1000
Cc: <linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Sun, 13 May 2001, Andi Kleen wrote:

> Thanks for the clarification. What is the main problem with running
> it multithreaded on linux -- is it only the missing semaphore implementation
> or are there other issues too?

It's simply a porting excercise.  I have done some of the work using
pthreads, but other higher priority projects came along... The only
feature multithreading will give you is the ability to dump to multiple
tapes simultaneously.

Ivan

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