Blog Archive: April 2024
RCU in the linux kernel; an alternative to reader-writer locks
On December 2nd, 2006 In Software
I ran into something in the announcement of the
2.6.19 kernel
called "sleepable rcu". I found this
wikipedia entry for rcu. It gives some nice background on rcu's.
I don't normally place much credence in wikipedia pages but this
one seems reasonably good. And it explains why RCU's are a better
alternative to multiple-reader-single-writer