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Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 12:01:51 +0530
From: Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@in.ibm.com>
To: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] kthread_create
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On Tue, Dec 30, 2003 at 09:56:05PM -0800, Davide Libenzi wrote:
> Also, what happens in the task woke up by a send does not reschedule 
> before another CPU does another send? Wouldn't a message be lost?
> 

The messages should not be lost because we take the cpucontrol
semaphore in kthread_start or kthread_destroy before sending 
a (start or destroy) message.

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Thanks and Regards,
Srivatsa Vaddagiri,
Linux Technology Center,
IBM Software Labs,
Bangalore, INDIA - 560033