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Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] relayfs (1/4) (Documentation)
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On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 23:23:48 +0000
Richard J Moore <rasman@uk.ibm.com> wrote:

> Why is a queuing model relvant to low-level kernel tracing, which is the prime 
> target of relayfs?

Because you need a queueing model any time there is a sender of
information and a receiver.  In this case it's the kernel events
and the event logging process.