[ovs-dev] [urcu 3/8] ovs-rcu: New library.
Ben Pfaff
blp at nicira.com
Tue Mar 11 06:56:31 UTC 2014
On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 11:52:48PM -0700, Andy Zhou wrote:
> Thanks for the reference. It provides the relevant background, especially
> on memory_order_consume.
>
> BTW, the example has an unfamiliar syntax, p -< next (Its usage looks
> like p -> next) Is this something new?
I think that's just a typo. I'm not aware of any "-<" operator.
> Looking forward to the revision. Your implementation is much smaller than
> the kernel RCU library. I think it will also be simpler to use.
I hope so. For me, the big question is whether the thread that calls
postponed functions is going to be able to keep up in worst-case
situations. If not, we'll have to call some postponed callbacks when a
thread quiesces.
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