Subject: Re: SMP problems in fork()?
To: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 12/08/2002 22:41:12
Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com> writes:
> On Sun, Dec 08, 2002 at 09:42:58PM +0100, Emmanuel Dreyfus wrote:
>  > It seems to me that we need to cleanup the end of fork1(), but I'm not
>  > sure of what should be done.
> 
> You've just discovered one of the wonderful reasons why we must still run
> with a Giant Kernel Lock.

Sure, but it would be worthwhile to fix it...

Perry