Re: [linux-audio-dev] malloc() in RT code considered not-so-harmful?

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] malloc() in RT code considered not-so-harmful?
From: Olivier Guilyardi (ml_AT_xung.org)
Date: Tue Jul 13 2004 - 15:12:21 EEST


Joshua Haberman wrote:
>
> 2. When your lock-free malloc needs more memory from the OS it will
> still take a system call to do it. I believe I have heard it said in
> the past that system calls of any sort are unacceptable in RT code, but
> isn't this a bit a of a hard-line position?

Is msgrcv() unacceptable as well, then ?

--
     Olivier


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