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Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 19:15:30 +0300
From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2 2.6.10] rcu: simplify quiescent state detection
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Manfred Spraul wrote:
> 
> No, it's not needed. Actually: not even a counter is needed, just
> a flag that indicates that there was a quiescent state.
> 

Yes, this patch is obviously better.

Oleg.