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Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 20:22:39 +0300
From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@tv-sign.ru>
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Manfred Spraul wrote:
> 
> one timer tick, without changing the approach. I'm still thinking about
> the design change I proposed: In each quiescent state: check if there is
> a running grace period and if there is one, then mark the current cpu as
> done.
> 

I must admit, i have misunderstood your patch after the first reading.
Now i think your idea is better.

Oleg.