* Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > There's a crazy solution for that: the idle thread could process > > RCU callbacks carefully, as if it was running user-space code. > > In Ben's kernel NFS server case the system may not be idle. An always-100%-busy NFS server is very unlikely, but even in the hypothetical case a kernel NFS server is really performing system calls from a kernel thread in essence. If it doesn't do it explicitly then its main loop can easily include a "check RCU callbacks" call. Thanks, Ingo -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>