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Old 3rd May 2011
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For a lot of kernels, SMP was an afterthought.. and for the most part a lot of kernel code, including drivers, are confined to a single core.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_lock

It's a lack of fine grained locking, and it's tricky to get right.. no clue what your problem is exactly, but it's no conspiracy.
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