On Fri, 2001-11-09 at 22:45, Anuradha Ratnaweera wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 12:37:26PM +0800, Federico Sevilla III wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 10 Nov 2001 at 10:27, Anuradha Ratnaweera wrote:
> >
> > > Do you mean XFS code can be preemptible at _kernel_ space?
> >
> > I'm not sure, either. As far as I remember the XFS code (kernel space) was
> > modified to be preemptible. Exactly what gets preempted is beyond me. I hope
> > the XFS gurus can help us out with this (maybe this is worth a FAQ entry,
> > Seth?). :)
>
> When I recently raised the question of XFS not being in the mainstream kernel,
> it was told that it is touching too much kernel internals, some of which are
> 2.5 stuff. May be this is one... Any clue?
Nothing to do with it. And XFS touching too much of the kernel internals
appears to be somewhat of an urban legend.
Steve
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