On Sun, Jan 21, 2007 at 03:40:45PM -0400, Felipe Balbi wrote: > I've got a little doubt for you guys... > > How the kernel handles Deadlocks and "deadlockable situations" ??? By clever programming. > Is there any algorithm implemented for this kind of situation? Anyway > for the kernel to avoid deadlocks ? No. If you want to deadlock the kernel, there's nobody holding you back. There is however Ingo Molnar's lock validator, which warns at run time about possible deadlock conditions. Erik -- They're all fools. Don't worry. Darwin may be slow, but he'll eventually get them. -- Matthew Lammers in alt.sysadmin.recovery
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