On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 11:50 PM, Joel Fernandes <agnel.joel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks for your message. > > Also adding to that, I think it doesn't matter because spinlocks are > supposed to held for a short period. Yes...however, IMHO Linux kernel developer must also account for situation for quite bad lock contention. Thus, it could long but it still have to spin..... -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ